Pyxis with Painted Designs
Object type: Box
Department: Islamic Art
Date: second half 12th–first half 13th century
Medium: Ivory; painted, gilded copper alloy mounts
Dimensions: Overall (with copper mounts): H. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)
                                                     W. 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)
                                                     D. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Box (without copper mounts): H. 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
                                                     Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Classification: Ivories and Bone
Geography: Attributed to    Italy Sicily 
Credit line: Egleston Fund, 1915
Accession year: 1915