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Par de skyphoi con decoración en relieve

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
Not on view
Restituted
This artwork was restituted in September 2024. It is no longer in the museum’s collection.
Estas dos copas de plata (skyphoi) marcan el apogeo de la metalurgia romana. Sin duda provienen de uno de los talleres más importantes de Roma, proveedor de la familia imperial y la aristocracia. Las copas están decoradas con cupidos en altorrelieve, varios de los cuales danzan y tocan instrumentos. Por su asociación con las festividades dionisíacas, los cupidos son muy apropiados para decorar copas utilizadas para beber vino en opulentas fiestas, aunque en este caso no parece que tengan un simbolismo específico. Al igual que muchas otras piezas de plata ornamentada, estas copas servían para fines decorativos más que prácticos.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Par de skyphoi con decoración en relieve
  • Periodo: Periodo augustal
  • Fecha: Finales del siglo I a. C.–principios del siglo I d. C.
  • Geografía: Roma
  • Material: Plata dorada
  • Dimensiones: a. 9,5 cm, diám. 20,6 cm
  • Crédito: Compra, Fondo Marguerite y Frank A. Cosgrove Jr. y donación de Lila Acheson Wallace, 1994
  • Número de inventario: 1994.43.1, .2
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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