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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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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