COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
true
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1905.343a-b
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AIC_.1905.343a-b
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1999
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1999
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Creator:
Greek (Corinthian) Ampersand Painter, fl. c. 580-570 B.C.
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Greek (Corinthian) Ampersand Painter, fl. c. 580-570 B.C.
Creator
false
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Greek; Corinthian
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European; Southern European; Greek; Corinthian
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Greek (Corinthian)
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Greek (Corinthian)
Creator Name-CRT
false
Creator Name:
Ampersand Painter
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Ampersand Painter
Creator Name
false
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Mediterranean
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European; Southern European; Mediterranean
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
Greek; fl. c.580-570 B.C. Early Western World, Ancient Mediterranean, Ancient
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Greek; fl. c.580-570 B.C. Early Western World, Ancient Mediterranean, Ancient
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Ampersand Painter
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Ampersand Painter
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)
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Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)
Title
false
Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
false
Title:
Container for Personal Objects
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Container for Personal Objects
Title
false
Title Type:
alternate
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alternate
Title Type
false
View:
view with sphinx flanked by panthers
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view with sphinx flanked by panthers
View
false
Creation Date:
Orientalizing Period/Archaic Period, 580/570 B.C.
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Orientalizing Period/Archaic Period, 580/570 B.C.
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
-585
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-585
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
-565
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-565
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Earthenware, black-figure technique
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Earthenware, black-figure technique
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Vessel
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Vessel
Classification Term
false
Subject Description:
The figures on this late Corinthian pyxis were drawn in silhouette and painted black with anatomical details picked out by incision. Patches of red and white paint were also used to enliven forms. This upright handled pyxis is decorated with a frieze of 'panthers,' a sphinx, a swan, a doe, and a goat, and the background is filled with so called 'splinter' rosettes. The painter of this pyxis is known as the Ampersand Painter because of the lengthened and curving shape he frequently gave to the tail of a sphinx, as here, and its similarity to the ampersand, the symbol often printed for 'and.' This is his name vase.
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The figures on this late Corinthian pyxis were drawn in silhouette and painted black with anatomical details picked out by incision. Patches of red and white paint were also used to enliven forms. This upright handled pyxis is decorated with a frieze of 'panthers,' a sphinx, a swan, a doe, and a goat, and the background is filled with so called 'splinter' rosettes. The painter of this pyxis is known as the Ampersand Painter because of the lengthened and curving shape he frequently gave to the tail of a sphinx, as here, and its similarity to the ampersand, the symbol often printed for 'and.' This is his name vase.
Subject Description
false
Creation Place:
Europe, Greece, Peloponnesus, Kórinthos department, Corinth
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Europe, Greece, Peloponnesus, Kórinthos department, Corinth
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
H.: 14 cm (5-9/16 in.)W. at widest at belly: 15 cm (5-7/8 in.)Diam. at outside mouth: 6.9 cm (2-3/4 in.)
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H.: 14 cm (5-9/16 in.)W. at widest at belly: 15 cm (5-7/8 in.)Diam. at outside mouth: 6.9 cm (2-3/4 in.)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1905.343a-b
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1905.343a-b
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E24193.TIF
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AIC_.E24193.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
false