Cylindrical Box (Pyxis)
Date: Second half of the first century CE
Dimensions:
H: 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Diam: 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm); Base Diam: 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm)
Medium: Blown into a three-part mold of two vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section which included the horizontal ridge forming the lower edge of the wall (MCT VII).
Place of Origin: Campania or Syrio-Palestine
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1923.442
DescriptionTransparent patchy dark blue. Very thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Mold seams from rim to ridge partly concealed in the inverted palmettes. Relief moderately crisp.
Rim unworked. Cylindrical body with inset and mold-blown ridge below to support lid. On the flat underside of the base, four raised concentric circles around a small central boss.
On the body, between two ridges forming top and bottom borders, a continuous frieze of eight elegant seven-leaf palmettes, alternately upright and inverted. The upright palmettes have thick outturned leaves; the inverted palmettes have thin leaves curling up and inward. Elaborate detailing of the palmette hearts.
Transparent patchy dark blue.
Blown into a three-part mold of two vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section which included the horizontal ridge forming the lower edge of the wall (MCT VII D). Mold seams from rim to ridge partly concealed in the inverted palmettes. Relief moderately crisp.
Rim unworked. Cylindrical body with inset and mold-blown ridge below to support lid. On the flat underside of the base, four raised concentric circles around a small central boss.
On the body, between two ridges forming top and bottom borders, a continuous frieze of eight elegant seven-leaf palmettes, alternately upright and inverted. The upright palmettes have thick outturned leaves; the inverted palmettes have thin leaves curling outward. Elaborate detailing of the palmette hearts.
Mold seams from rim to ridge partly concealed in the inverted palmettes. Relief moderately crisp.
Rim unworked. Cylindrical body with inset and mold-blown ridge below to support lid. On the flat underside of the base, four raised concentric circles around a small central boss.
On the body, between two ridges forming top and bottom borders, a continuous frieze of eight elegant seven-leaf palmettes, alternately upright and inverted. The upright palmettes have thick outturned leaves; the inverted palmettes have thin leaves curling up and inward. Elaborate detailing of the palmette hearts.
Transparent patchy dark blue.
Blown into a three-part mold of two vertical sections joined to a disk-shaped base section which included the horizontal ridge forming the lower edge of the wall (MCT VII D). Mold seams from rim to ridge partly concealed in the inverted palmettes. Relief moderately crisp.
Rim unworked. Cylindrical body with inset and mold-blown ridge below to support lid. On the flat underside of the base, four raised concentric circles around a small central boss.
On the body, between two ridges forming top and bottom borders, a continuous frieze of eight elegant seven-leaf palmettes, alternately upright and inverted. The upright palmettes have thick outturned leaves; the inverted palmettes have thin leaves curling outward. Elaborate detailing of the palmette hearts.
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