id:			94049
accession number:	1914.609
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.609
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:05.976000

Pyxis with Lid, c. 1901–1525 BCE. Egypt, Middle Kingdom (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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.609

title:				Pyxis with Lid
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creation date:			c. 1901–1525 BCE
creation date earliest:		-1901
creation date latest:		-1525
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Middle Kingdom (2040–1648 BCE)–New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE)
technique:	turquoise faience with black decoration
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Middle Kingdom
type:		Vessels
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measurements: Overall: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Diameter of box: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. T<em>he World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 5, fig. 5
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	Griffin, Patricia, "Faience: A Lost Art", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 38 no. 05, May 1998
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 9
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1998-05/page/n7/

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 170-171, 50; Mentioned: p. 170-171
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