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Cosmetic Jar with Lid

500s

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Byzantium, early Byzantine period, 6th century

Gold filigree, sapphire, and rock crystal

Overall: 3.7 x 2.9 cm (1 7/16 x 1 1/8 in.)

Grace Rainey Rogers Fund 1946.427

Location

104 Late Antiquity

Provenance

(Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York).

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 39 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 39 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 40 archive.org

Exhibition history

Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).