by Paige Naumnik '24
Pyxides are small cylindrical boxes meant to hold different kinds of objects. Greeks used them as storage for small objects like makeup, Christians used them to hold the sacred Eucharist, and during the medieval Islamic period, they were sometimes used to hold jewelry or an early form of laundry detergent in powder form.
This pyxis is elegant and was probably used for more expensive objects like jewelry. This pyxis is also different from other pyxides because it has no written inscriptions. This makes the interpretation more difficult because there are only visual aspects to help us understand us its original purpose. Through comparison of this piece to others, it has been established that this piece was probably made for a Christian, by a Muslim (or at least by someone trained in Islamic metalworking techniques).
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Pyxis with standing figures and the Entry into Jerusalem, made in Syria (?), thirteenth century. Brass, inlaid with silver. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1971, 1971.39 a, b. Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Pyxis with standing figures and the Entry into Jerusalem, made in Syria (?), thirteenth century. Brass, inlaid with silver. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1971, 1971.39 a, b. Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art. Side 1
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