id:			124983
accession number:	1946.427.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.427.a
updated:		2024-04-03 11:07:40.351000

Cosmetic Jar, 500s. Byzantium, early Byzantine period, 6th century. Gold filigree, sapphire, and rock crystal; overall: 3.7 x 2.9 cm (1 7/16 x 1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Fund 1946.427.a

title:				Cosmetic Jar
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creation date:			500s
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		599
current location:		104 Late Antiquity
creditline:			Grace Rainey Rogers Fund
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culture:	Byzantium, early Byzantine period, 6th century
technique:	gold filigree, sapphire, and rock crystal
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Byzantine
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 3.7 x 2.9 cm (1 7/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Baltimore Museum of Art, "Early Christian and Byzantine Art," April 24-June 24, 1947, cat.no. 542.', 'opening_date': '1947-04-24T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York).
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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 39
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n63

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 39
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n61

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 40
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n60

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