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Pyx

Place of OriginFrance (Limoges)
Date1275-1325
DimensionsDiam: 2 1/2 in.; H: 3 1/2 in.
MediumBlue and white enamel, gilt and enameled copper
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1931.80A
Not on View
DescriptionCircular with dome lid; gold floral motif and medallions containing the monogram IHS.
Exhibition HistorySt. Louis, MO, Pultizer Arts Foundation, The Nature of Things: Medieval Art and Ecology, 1100-1550, March 10 - August 6, 2023.
Two Pyxes
1275-1325
Pyx
13th century
Chasse (Relic Case)
mid-13th century
Poor Box
13th century
Beaker
1725-1730
Nature
Judith (Anita) Schaechter
2010
Fragment of a vessel
12th-14th century ?
Fragment of a vessel
12th-14th century ?

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