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This diminutive and yet elegant stemmed drinking cup is a rare survivor of elite secular art from medieval Kashmir. It is cast in copper alloy rather than worked from sheet metal, placing it in an elite category of luxury goods for courtly use. The exterior fluting is suggestive of Saka-Parthian-era drinking vessels excavated at the Indo-Greek city of Sirkup, first century CE, and it is likely a descendant of that vessel-type.
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Title: Goblet
Date: ca. 11th–12th century
Culture: India
Medium: Cast bronze
Dimensions: H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm): Diam. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Diam. of foot: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Purchase, Carol Collins Malone Gift, in honor of John Guy, 2019
Accession Number: 2019.203
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