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| Keywords: Sotheby Painter - White-Ground Pyxis with Maenads - Walters 482019 - Detail A.jpg Maenads women who have left their homes to follow the wine-god Dionysus dance around this pyxis or cosmetics container The animal-skin garments snakes and vine leaves are typical attributes of maenads and indicate their association with the wild Dionysian realm ca 460 450 BC Classical terracotta cm 20 1 ; cm 14 3 diam accession number 48 2019 30136 Sale Sotheby's London December 7 1920 Joseph Brummer Brummer Estate Sale Parke-Bernet Galleries New York June 8-9 1949 part III lot 12 fig 1 Walters Art Museum 1949 by purchase Museum purchase 1949 In Search of Ancient Treasure 40 Years of Collecting The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1978 Pandora's Box Women in Classical Greece The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore; Dallas Museum of Art Dallas; Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig Basel 1995-1996 place of origin Athens Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek pottery in the Walters Art Museum Sotheby Painter Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Ancient Greek pottery pyxides | ||||
