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Gilded silver phiale (libation bowl)

6th century BCE
Not on view
Restituted
This artwork was restituted in September 2022. It is no longer in the museum’s collection.
The bowl is ornamented with alternating palmettes and lotus buds executed in the repoussé technique. The gilded boss is surrounded by a frieze of animals.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Gilded silver phiale (libation bowl)
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: 6th century BCE
  • Culture: Greek
  • Medium: Gilded silver
  • Dimensions: diameter 8in. (20.3cm)
  • Classification: Gold and Silver
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Abraham, Molly and Walter Bareiss, Christos and Jo Bastis, Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman, Mrs. Dolly Goulandris, Roy and Marie Neuberger, Jonathan and Jeannette Rosen, Tom and Colette Spears, Shelby White and Leon Levy, Ward and Priscilla Woods, Nicholas S. Zoullas, and Anonymous Gifts, and Classical Purchase Fund, in honor of Dietrich von Bothmer, 1994
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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