Terracotta pyxis (box) ca. 510 B.C. Attributed to the Thaliarchos Painter On the lid, satyrSatyrs were popular not only because of their connection to Dionysos but also because they provided artists the opportunity to depict the nude male body in a particularly wide variety of poses. This satyr, within a tondo, finds good counterparts on the somewhat later coinage of Naxos on Sicily. The inscription praises the beauty of Lysikles. The box would have contained small personal items probably belonging to a lady.. Terracotta pyxis (box) 251001 : Attributed to the Thaliarchos Painter, Terracotta pyxis (box), ca. 510 B.C., Terracotta, H. of box 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); H. with cover 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1920 (20.253a, b)

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Terracotta pyxis (box) ca. 510 B.C. Attributed to the Thaliarchos Painter On the lid, satyrSatyrs were popular not only because of their connection to Dionysos but also because they provided artists the opportunity to depict the nude male body in a particularly wide variety of poses. This satyr, within a tondo, finds good counterparts on the somewhat later coinage of Naxos on Sicily. The inscription praises the beauty of Lysikles. The box would have contained small personal items probably belonging to a lady.. Terracotta pyxis (box) 251001 : Attributed to the Thaliarchos Painter, Terracotta pyxis (box), ca. 510 B.C., Terracotta, H. of box 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); H. with cover 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1920 (20.253a, b)

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