About the Artwork
Pyx Fragment
5th or 6th century
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Egyptian
Coptic
Wood, with bitumen or resin
Overall: 4 5/8 × 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches (11.7 × 14 × 4.4 cm)
Wood and Woodcarving
African Art
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Francis W. Robinson
51.196
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(Julius Carlebach)
1951-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA) with funds from Francis Waring Robinson
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Coptic, Egyptian, Pyx Fragment, 5th or 6th century, wood, with bitumen or resin. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Francis W. Robinson, 51.196.
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