Detail View: The AMICA Library: Dish in the Form of a Temple
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.55.135.5
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Description:
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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.
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Anatolian; Byzantine
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Roman or Byzantine
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Title:
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Dish in the Form of a Temple
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View:
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Principal view
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Creation Date:
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3rd?5th century
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Creation Start Date:
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200
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Creation End Date:
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499
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Materials and Techniques:
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Rock crystal
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Creation Place:
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Found in Carthage (now in Tunisia, North Africa)
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Dimensions:
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H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Diam. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 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
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ID Number:
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55.135.5
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Credit Line:
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Bequest of Ada Small Moore, 1955
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Copyright:
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Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.h1_55.135.5.tif
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