The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 1, 2023

Pyxis with Lid

c. 1901–1525 BC

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Egypt, Late Middle Kingdom to early New Kingdom

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

Provenance
Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
Citations
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
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.609