Cylindrical Box (Pyxis)
Cylindrical Box (Pyxis)
Place of OriginCampania or Syrio-Palestine
DateSecond half of the first century CE
DimensionsH: 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)
MediumBlown 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).
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.442
Not on View
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Published ReferencesPerhaps Richter, G. M. A., "The Curtis Collection of Ancient Glass," Art in America 2, 1914, 85, fig. 15 (it is not clear which of the two pyxides in the Curtis Collection was illustrated by Richter, Cat. No. 80 or Cat. No. 81).
- Glass
Donald B. Harden, "Romano-Syrian Glasses with Mould-blown Inscriptions," Journal of Roman Studies 23, 1935, 185, app. B, III, no. e.
Stern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: the First through Sixth Centuries, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, Rome, Italy, 1995, cat. no. 80, p. 171, color plate 15, p. 55.
Second half of the first century CE
Second half of the first century CE
Probably second half of the first century
Probably second to third quarter of first century
Probably second half of first century
Third to first century BCE
1835-1850
Abbasid Period (750-1258)
about 450-423 BCE
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