Stemmed Pyxis with Bearded Men and Lions

CultureGreek (Corinthian)
Titles
  • Stemmed Pyxis with Bearded Men and Lions
Datec.570–540 BC
Made inCorinth, Greece
MediumTerracotta with slip
Dimensionsheight × diameter: 9 7/16 × 7 1/8 in.

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number34.132
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Theodore Zoumpoulakis, Athens]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1934; given to MFAH, 1934.
Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971;
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971;
Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.

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