Marble Pyxis (jewellery box) at The British Museum, London
Marble Pyxis (jewellery box) at The British Museum, London
3D
Published 2016-03-22T17:52:00+00:00
This simple, turned marble box sits on three small feet. It may well originally have had additional decoration in paint. Small vessels of various shapes carved from marble have been found in fourth-century tombs all over the Greek world.
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Scanned : Photogrammetry (Processed using Agisoft PhotoScan)
Easy print
| Date published | 22/03/2016 |
| Time to do | 500 - 510 minutes |
| Material Quantity | 287 |
| Dimensions | 123 x 122 x 123 |
| Technology | FDM |
| Title | Marble Pyxis (jewellery box) |
| Date | 360BC |
| Dimension | Height: 9.4 centimetres Width: 10 centimetres Weight: 308 grammes |
| Accession | 1862,0530.7 |
| Period | Classical Greek |
| Medium | marble |
| Record | http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=399262&partId=1&searchText=Pyxis+jewellery+&images=true&page=1 |
| Place | British Museum |
