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Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)
Ancient Greek · late 6th century BCE
Provenance
Ownership history
- Said to be found at Orvieto [Old Reigster at the Art Institute of Chicago]. Augusto Mele, Naples, Italy; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago through J.C. Fletcher as agent, 1889; price reimbursed by Charles Hutchinson and Philip D. Armour, 1889.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- French, W.M.R. Notes [on a] journey to Europe with Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Hutchinson starting from New York Sat'y Mch. 9, 1889- , p. 25.
- A.W. Johnston, Trademarks on Greek Vases (Liverpool: Aris and Phillips, Ltd., 1979), p. 121, 8D, 24.
- Karen B. Alexander, "From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," in Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), p. 18.
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