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| Keywords: Etruscan - Pyxis and lid with sphinx-shaped handle - Walters 71489 - Three Quarter.jpg This pyxis box was fashioned in imitation of Phoenician luxury goods imported from the Near East Although it incorporates many Near Eastern elements in its decoration including sphinxes a lotus plant and chariots the style of the figures shows it is clearly the product of a local Etruscan workshop The handle of the lid takes the form of a standing sphinx wearing a lotus crown The 7th and early 6th centuries BC are known as the Orientalizing period because of the many eastern or Oriental elements in the art In this prosperous era of international trade Etruscan artists manufactured luxury goods such as those seen in this case that reflect influences from the art of the eastern Mediterranean between 650 625 BC Orientalizing ivory cm 14 1 10 5 10 4 accession number 71 489 11230 Regolini-Galassi Tomb Cerveteri 1877 Martinetti Collection Dr Bourguignon and M Canessa Bourguignon and Canessa Sale Hôtel Drouot Paris May 19-21 1910 no 338 Dirkan Kelekian Paris and New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1910 Ivory The Sumptuous Art The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1983-1984 place of origin Etruria in present-day Italy Walters Art Museum license Tomba Regolini-Galassi Etruscan ivory Animals in Etruscan art Etruscan sphinxes Etruscan art in the Walters Art Museum Etruscan reliefs Etruscan reliefs from Italy Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
