Pyx
about 1460
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueGilded; metal
Credit LineH. E. Bolles Fund
Accession number1977.172a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsEcclesiastical ornaments
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1876, Boston Athenaeum, Boston [see note 1]; February 18, 1977, Boston Athenaeum and others sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, lot 57, to Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York, on behalf of the MFA. (Accession Date: May 11, 1977)
NOTES:
[1] On loan to the MFA from the Athenaeum from 1876 until 1976.
NOTES:
[1] On loan to the MFA from the Athenaeum from 1876 until 1976.
late 14th century
18th century
18th century
about 1460–70
17th century (?)
18th century
18th century
17th–18th century
18th century
17th–18th century