Detail View: The AMICA Library: Group of four vases
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1989.281.45a,b-.48
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Anatolian
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Northwest Anatolian
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Title:
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Group of four vases
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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ca. 2300-2000 B.C.
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Creation Start Date:
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-2300
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Creation End Date:
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-2000
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Materials and Techniques:
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Electrum, silver-gilt, silver
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Classification Term:
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Gold and Silver
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Dimensions:
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H. of vase with lid 9 13/19 in. (25 cm); H. of cup 3 1/8 in. (8 cm); D. of phiale 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm); H. of beaker 4 1/4 in. (10.7 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1989.281.45a,b-.48
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
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Rights:
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Context:
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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. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.gr1989.281.45-.48.R.tif
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