id:			153589
accession number:	1987.127.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.127.a
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:00.503000

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.a

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:		Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience
	opening date:   1998-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience</i>. 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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '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.', 'opening_date': '1988-02-24T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '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.', 'opening_date': '1998-05-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased from Charles Ede Ltd., London
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CITATIONS

	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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