Glass mosaic pyxis with lid

Unknown Artist

1st half of 1st century CE

Glass mosaic pyxis with lid by Unknown Artist

Medium

Glass

Dimensions

Height (Pyxis with Lid): 1 15/16 (4.9 cm) Diameter: 1 9/16 in. (4.9 × 4 cm) Diameter (Lid): 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm) Height (Lid): 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) Height (Pyxis): 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm) Diameter (Pyxis): 1 9/16 in. (4 cm) Diameter of rim (Pyxis): 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

Classification

Glass

Culture & Period

Roman · Early Imperial

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

Accession Number

91.1.1335a, b

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