Box (Pyxis) in the Form of a Composite Capital (lid)
305–30 BC
Maker Unknown
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Box (Pyxis) in the Form of a Composite Capital (lid), 305–30 BC. Egypt, Ptolemaic Dynasty. Pale robin's-egg blue faience; box: 11.4 x 10.8 x 2 cm (4 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 13/16 in.); lid: 11.2 x 10.8 x 3.1 cm (4 7/16 x 4 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Shelby White; Purchase from the J.H. Wade Fund; and, by exchange, The John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1987.127.b
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Vessels
- Formatted Medium
- pale robin's-egg blue faience
- Dimensions
- Box: 11.4 x 10.8 x 2 cm (4 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 13/16 in.); Lid: 11.2 x 10.8 x 3.1 cm (4 7/16 x 4 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number
- 1987.127.b
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Shelby White; Purchase from the J.H. Wade Fund; and, by exchange, The John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience, CMA, 24 February-17 April 1988, The Year in Review for 1987, cat.: CMA Bulletin 75, no. 2 (February 1988), no. 2, illus. p. 46.<br>The Cleveland Museum of Art (5/10/98 - 7/5/98); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (8/25/98 - 1/3/99); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth (1/31/99 - 4/25/99). "Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience," exh. cat. no. 87, color repr. p. 111; p. 214, repr. p. 214.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 107 Egyptian
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