Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

1st century

Roman

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Roman
Title: Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)
Place: Roman Empire (Object made in)
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Medium: Glass, mold-blown technique
Dimensions: 7.8 × 6.2 × 6.2 cm (3 1/8 × 2 7/16 × 2 7/16 in.) (with lid)
Credit Line: Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
Reference Number: 1943.1168
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Wanda Odell, “Ancient Glass: The Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Robinson Collection, Gallery 5A, The Art Institute of Chicago,” 1940, unpublished catalogue in curatorial object file, Art Institute of Chicago.

Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Glass, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Robinson Collection, June 28, 1940 –January 1, 1941.

Azeez Khayat (1873-1943), New York City; sold to Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson, Chicago, 1929 [correspondence in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1943.

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