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LOT 0219
Byzantine Cobalt Blue Lidded Pyxis
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (58 grams, 92 mm).
With a barrel-shaped body, domed shoulder, everted neck, band of high-relief disc with fluting, crenellated base; conical lid with spike handle and applied rim.
ProvenanceAcquired 1960s-1970s.
From the estate of a Sheffield, UK, lady, thence by descent.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 2000.5a, b, for a bone pyxis of similar form.
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