id:			153588
accession number:	1987.127
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.127
updated:		2025-09-13 18:32:40.951000

Box (Pyxis) in the Form of a Composite Capital, 305–30 BCE. Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE). 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Shelby White; Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund; and, by exchange, The John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1987.127

title:				Box (Pyxis) in the Form of a Composite Capital
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creation date:			305–30 BCE
creation date earliest:		-305
creation date latest:		-30
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Shelby White; Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund; and, by exchange, The John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)
technique:	pale robin's-egg blue faience
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Ptolemaic Dynasty
type:		Vessels
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measurements: 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.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased from Charles Ede Ltd., London
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1987.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 75, no. 2 (February 1988): 30–71.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 46; Mentioned: p. 65, no. 2
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25160017

	Kozloff, Arielle P. "A Capital Faience Cosmetic Box." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 3 (March 1990): 104-111.
	page number: 	Reproduced: back cover, p. 104; Mentioned: p. 104-111
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160111

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 11
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n26

	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. 487; Mentioned: p. 488, cat. no. 385
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