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Group of four vases

ca. 2300–2000 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 151
These four vases, which are said to have been found together, are best paralleled by pieces found by Heinrich Schliemann at Troy in a stratigraphic level know as Troy II. The wealth of jewelry and objects from the latest phase, Troy IIg, led Schliemann to believe that he had found the city described by Homer. In reality, this material is datable to about a thousand years before the Trojan War.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Group of four vases
  • Period: Latter part of the Early Bronze Age
  • Date: ca. 2300–2000 BCE
  • Culture: Northwest Anatolian
  • Medium: Electrum, gilded silver, silver
  • Dimensions: H. of vase with lid 9 13/16 in. (25 cm)
    H. of cup 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
    diameter of phiale 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm)
    H. of beaker 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
  • Classification: Gold and Silver
  • Credit Line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
  • Object Number: 1989.281.45a, b–.48
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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