Pyxis with Lid
Pyxis with Lid
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Thickness: 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Lid H: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm); Lid Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
MediumPolychrome brown and white agate glass; assembled from sections of cane and cast; rotary-polished on both surfaces.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1491
Not on View
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Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B. C. to A. D. 50, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 587, p. 335, repr. (col.) p. 239.
- Glass
Lierke, Rosemarie, Die nicht-geblasenen antiken Glasgefaesse, Offenbach/Main, Deutsche glastechnische Gesellschaft, 2009, p. 45, repr. (col.).
Second to mid-first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Probably second century BCE
probably second century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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