Collection Online as of May 28, 2023

Box (Pyxis) in the Form of a Composite Capital (lid)

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.)

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

Location

107 Egyptian

Provenance

Purchased from Charles Ede Ltd, London

Citations

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

Exhibition history

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.

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.

Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 10-July 5, 1998); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, RI (August 25, 1998-January 3, 1999); Kimbell Art Museum (January 31-April 25, 1999).