id:			147544
accession number:	1973.4
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.4
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:34.733000

The "Apostles" Pyx (Box), c. 980–1010. Probably by Triptych Group. Ivory; overall: 25.5 x 17.5 cm (10 1/16 x 6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1973.4

title:				The "Apostles" Pyx (Box)
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creation date:			c. 980–1010
creation date earliest:		980
creation date latest:		1010
current location:		105 Byzantine
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Byzantium, Constantinople, middle Byzantine period, 10th-11th century
technique:	ivory
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Byzantine
type:		Ivory
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CREATORS

* Triptych Group  - artist
A workshop of ivory carvers.
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measurements: Overall: 25.5 x 17.5 cm (10 1/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1973
	opening date:   1974-01-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1973</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).

	title:		The Glory of Byzantium
	opening date:   1997-03-03T00:00:00
	<i>The Glory of Byzantium</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3-July 6, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 43
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n63

	Evans, Helen C., and William D. Wixom. <em>The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843-1261</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 72-74
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