Box (Pyxis) in the Form of a Composite Capital

Provenance

Purchased from Charles Ede Ltd., London

Box (Pyxis) in the Form of a Composite Capital

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305–30 BCE

Accession Number

1987.127

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.)

Classification

Vessels

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Shelby White; Purchase from the J.H. Wade Fund; and, by exchange, The John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust