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Pyxis (Cylindrical Container)

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Stonepaste; luster-painted on incised opaque white glaze
Rights: Public Domain
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Lila Acheson Wallace Gift Harvey and Elizabeth Plotnick Gift and Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art 1998
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Title: Pyxis (Cylindrical Container)
Description:
Stonepaste; luster-painted on incised opaque white glaze.

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