Silver stemless cup

Greek, South Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 158

In 1895 the tomb of a Gallic warrior was excavated in a necropolis at Montefortino, about thirty miles west of Ancona in central Italy. The cemetery is that of Gauls who in the fourth century B.C. began to invade central Italy and to stage raids as far south as Apulia. The tomb contained iron weapons, bronze and terracotta vessels, and also a gold ring and five silver vessels that must have been brought as loot from another part of Italy. The hoard includes a silver jug (08.258.51), a silver bowl with swinging handles (08.258.50), a pair of stemless silver cups decorated on the inside with a complex floral pattern (08.258.52–.53), and a silver kyathos (cup-shaped ladle) with a handle that terminates in a duck's head (08.258.54).

Silver stemless cup, Silver, Greek, South Italian

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Silver stemless cup, Silver, Greek, South Italian
Silver stemless cup, Silver, Greek, South Italian

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