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Coppia di skyphoi con decorazione in rilievo

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.
Queste tazze (skyphoi) d’argento sono un esempio della raffinata maestria degli artigiani romani nella lavorazione dei metalli. Furono indubbiamente eseguite in una delle principali botteghe di Roma al servizio della famiglia imperiale e dell’aristocrazia romana. Le tazze sono lavorate ad altorilievo con immagini di cupidi, alcuni dei quali stanno danzando e suonando. L’associazione dei cupidi con le celebrazioni dionisiache ne fa un soggetto ideale per delle coppe destinate a feste sontuose, ma probabilmente non vi è alcuna intenzione simbolica. Come molti altri pezzi di argenteria decorata, queste tazze avevano chiaramente sia una funzione espositiva, sia utilitaria.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Coppia di skyphoi con decorazione in rilievo
  • Periodo: Periodo augusteo
  • Data: Fine del I secolo a.C.-inizi del I secolo d.C.
  • Cultura: Romana
  • Materiale e tecnica: Argento dorato
  • Dimensioni: Alt. 9,5 cm, diam. 20,6 cm
  • Crediti: Acquistato, Marguerite e Frank A. Cosgrove Jr. Fund e donazione di Lila Acheson Wallace, 1994
  • Numero d'inventario: 1994.43.1, .2
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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