Pyxis (Cylindrical Container)
Object type: Pyxis
Department: Islamic Art
Date: late 11th–early 12th century
Medium: Stonepaste; luster-painted on incised, opaque white glaze
Dimensions: Bowl: H. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
           Diam. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Lid: H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
        Diam. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
        Wt. 8.5 oz. (241 g)
Classification: Ceramics
Geography: Attributed to    Syria  
Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Harvey and Elizabeth Plotnick Gift, and Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art, 1998
Accession year: 1998
Tags: Arabic