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Cup
late 4th-mid 2nd century BCE (Hellenistic)
bronze
(Ancient Greece )
(Ancient Greece )
The interior is engraved with designs of rosettes, tongues and palmettes.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1976 | Greek and Roman Metalware. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/1/1930 | Treatment | other |
| 1/20/1952 | Treatment | examined for technical study |
| 10/25/1974 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Greece (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.475