Dish in the Form of a Temple

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

MMA_.55.135.5

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MMA_.55.135.5

AMICA ID

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AMICA Library Year:

2002

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2002

AMICA Library Year

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Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

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Description:

This carefully carved dish, shaped like a circular temple, was probably meant for use as a saltcellar. It was found, along with four other rock-crystal carvings, in a cistern in Carthage (now in Tunisia, North Africa). The delicacy of the objects found there demonstrates the quality of the arts produced in one of the great cities of the Roman and early Byzantine world.

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This carefully carved dish, shaped like a circular temple, was probably meant for use as a saltcellar. It was found, along with four other rock-crystal carvings, in a cistern in Carthage (now in Tunisia, North Africa). The delicacy of the objects found there demonstrates the quality of the arts produced in one of the great cities of the Roman and early Byzantine world.

Description

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Creator Nationality:

Asian; Anatolian; Byzantine

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Asian; Anatolian; Byzantine

Creator Nationality

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Creator Name-CRT:

Roman or Byzantine

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Roman or Byzantine

Creator Name-CRT

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Title:

Dish in the Form of a Temple

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Dish in the Form of a Temple

Title

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View:

Principal view

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Principal view

View

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Creation Date:

3rd?5th century

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3rd?5th century

Creation Date

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Creation Start Date:

200

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200

Creation Start Date

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Creation End Date:

499

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499

Creation End Date

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Materials and Techniques:

Rock crystal

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Rock crystal

Materials and Techniques

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Creation Place:

Found in Carthage (now in Tunisia, North Africa)

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Found in Carthage (now in Tunisia, North Africa)

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Diam. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)

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H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Diam. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)

Dimensions

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AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York

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New York, New York

Owner Location

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ID Number:

55.135.5

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55.135.5

ID Number

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Credit Line:

Bequest of Ada Small Moore, 1955

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Bequest of Ada Small Moore, 1955

Credit Line

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Copyright:

ors

Copyright

false

Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp

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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp</a>

Rights

false

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