Traveling cup

ca. 1503

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 500

The arms are those of a pope of the Piccolomini family of Siena, either Pius II (r. 1458–64) or Pius III (r. 1503), but more likely the latter.

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Title: Traveling cup
Date: ca. 1503
Culture: probably Italian, Rome
Medium: Coconut with gilt-silver mount
Dimensions: Overall: 2 5/8 × 3 5/8 in. (6.7 × 9.2 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver In Combination
Credit Line: Gift of Alastair Bradley Martin, 1949
Object Number: 49.61.2c
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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