80 - IMPORTANT POLYCHROME TERRACOTTA PYXID

IMPORTANT POLYCHROME TERRACOTTA PYXID Greek art, Magna Graecia, Canosa, 3rd century B.C. Large cylindrical pyx resting on three feet, two of which are bird-shaped; the body is painted with a frieze of Erotes, and the lid is decorated in relief with a face of Dionysus wearing a diadem and adorned with earrings. Restorations and retouching of the decoration. The lid may have been added later. Height: 22 cm Diameter: 18.5 cm Provenance: Former Belgian private collection, likely acquired between 1920 and 1940, then passed down through the family since the 1950s Bonhams, London, May 1, 2008: lot 201 (ill.) Royal-Athena Galleries, New York Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2008 Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA108) Being a Woman in Ancient Greece, Musée de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France, October 17, 2015 — May 23, 2015 Bibliography: Bonhams, Antiquities Sale, London, May 1, 2008, lot 201 J. M. Eisenberg, *Art of the Ancient World*, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2009, vol. XX, p. 56, fig. 119 J. Boardman, “Greek Art” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 66, fig. 30 M. Merrony, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2012, p. 38 A Large Canosan Terracotta Pyxis, Magna Graecia, 3rd century B.C.