安提阿"圣餐杯"

拜占庭

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 300

这件作品在二十世纪初被发现时,许多人认为内部那只质朴的银杯就是基督在最后的晚餐中使用过的圣杯。后来的学术研究表明,这其实是盏直立灯。包裹在银杯外的藤蔓涡卷纹外壳里有两个年轻的宝座上的基督像。在其中一边,他握着手卷,即他的“道”;在另一边,他坐在一只羔羊旁边,在一只展翅的雄鹰之上,这都是他作为人类救主的象征。

The Antioch "Chalice", Silver, silver-gilt, Byzantine

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