Fragment of Pyxis Lid
Fragment of Pyxis Lid
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Italy, most likely found at Rome
DateEarly to mid-first century CE
DimensionsMax H: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Max W: 31/32 in. (2.4 cm)
MediumGold band glass with wheel cutting
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.18
Not on View
DescriptionGold-band mosaic pattern formed in the following order from serpentine lengths of canes in dark blue outlined and backed in opaque white, pale blue encasing opaque yellow (thereby appearing green), and colorless encasing shattered gold leaf
This pattern
DESCRIPTION Fragment of rim and top of lid of small pyxis. Ver-tical rim with a slightly inturned and almost pointed edge; upper- and undersides of lid flat; vestiges of a central knob. On the exterior, two narrow horizon-tal grooves: one on the upperside of the lid, the other along the outer edge.
TECHNIQUE Assembled from lengths of cane and cast; rotary-polished on both surfaces; cut on the exterior.
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. 604, p. 338.Early to mid-first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
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