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Box (Pyxis) in the Form of a Composite Capital

Box (Pyxis) in the Form of a Composite Capital

305–30 BCE
(332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)
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.)
Gift of Mrs. Shelby White; Purchase from the J.H. Wade Fund; and, by exchange, The John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1987.127
Location: 107 Egyptian
  • Purchased from Charles Ede Ltd., London
  • Kozloff, Arielle P. "A Capital Faience Cosmetic Box." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 3 (1990): 104-11. Reproduced: back cover, p. 104; Mentioned: p. 104-11 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 11 archive.org
    Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Reproduced: p. 487; Mentioned: p. 488, cat. no. 385
  • The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).
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