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Collection Online as of April 29, 2025

Pyxis with Lid

c. 1901–1525 BCE
(2040–1648 BCE)–New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE)
turquoise faience with black decoration
Overall: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Diameter of box: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.609
Location: 107 Egyptian
  • Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 5, fig. 5
    Griffin, Patricia, "Faience: A Lost Art", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 38 no. 05, May 1998 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 9 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. 170-171, 50; Mentioned: p. 170-171
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