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Box (Pyxis) in the Form of a Composite Capital

Box (Pyxis) in the Form of a Composite Capital

305-30 BC

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Egypt, Ptolemaic Dynasty

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.)

Gift of Mrs. Shelby White; Purchase from the J.H. Wade Fund; and, by exchange, The John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1987.127

Location

107 Egyptian

See also
Collection: 
Egypt - Ptolemaic Dynasty
Department: 
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Type of artwork: 
Vessels
Medium: 
Pale robin's-egg blue faience
Credit line: 
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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