Works of Art (21)
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"Antioch Chalice," first half of 6th century, Byzantine; Made in Antioch or Kaper Koraon (?), Silver, silver-gilt (50.4) |
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Attarouthi Treasure, 500–650, Byzantine; From Attarouthi, Syria, Silver and silver with gilding (1986.3.1-15) |
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The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Seated in Royal Ease, Angkor period, late 10th–early 11th century,
Cambodia,
Copper alloy, silver inlay (1992.336) |
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Bowl with radiating petal design, 8th–6th century B.C., Phrygian or Lydian; Anatolia, Silver (66.116) |
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Bowl, ca. 725–675 B.C.; Archaic, Cypriot; Said to be from Kourion, Gilt silver (74.51.4554) |
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Box with Sleeping Eros, 300s, Roman or Byzantine; Said to have been found in Tartus, Syria, Silver (47.100.33) |
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Ewer with dancing females within arcades, 6th century; Sasanian style, Iran, Silver, mercury gilding (67.10a,b) |
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Flask with Adoration of the Magi, 500s, Byzantine, Silver with gilded silver (1984.196) |
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Group of four vases, ca. 2300–2000 B.C.; late Early Bronze Age III, Northwest Anatolia, Electrum, silver-gilt, silver (1989.281.45a,b-.48) |
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Head of a king, probably Shapur II, 4th century; Sasanian period, Iran, Gilded silver (65.126) |
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Ingot with Hittite hieroglyphs, 15th–13th century B.C.; Hittite period, Central Anatolia, Silver (1989.281.16) |
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Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel, 3100–2900 B.C.; Proto-Elamite period, Southwestern Iran, Silver (66.173) |
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Medallion with a seated deity and a male worshipper, 8th–7th century B.C., Urartian; Eastern Anatolia, Silver, gold foil (1989.281.20) |
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Plate with a hunting scene from the tale of Bahram Gur and Azadeh, 5th century; Sasanian period,
Iran,
Silver, mercury gilding (1994.402) |
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Plate with king hunting rams, late 5th–early 6th century; Sasanian period, Iran, Silver, mercury gilding, niello inlay (34.33) |
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Processional Cross, ca. 1000–1050, Byzantine, Silver with gilding and gilded silver medallions (1993.163) |
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Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Gilded silver (1979.447) |
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Silver covers for a gospel, 1691, Signed Astuatsatur Shahamir, Kayseri, Turkey, Gilt-silver repoussé plaques (16.99) |
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Silver Plate with David and Goliath, 629–630, Byzantine; Made in Constantinople, Silver (17.190.396) |
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Vessel terminating in the forepart of a bull, 15th–13th century B.C.; Hittite Empire period,
Central Anatolia,
Silver (1989.281.11) |
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Vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag, 15th–13th century B.C.; Hittite period, Central Anatolia, Silver, gold (1989.281.10) |
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Thematic Essays (3)
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