Pair of silver scyphi (cups) with relief decoration
Object type: Skyphoi with Erotes, pair
Department: Greek and Roman Art
Culture: Roman
Period: Early Imperial, Augustan
Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
Medium: Silver with gilding
Dimensions: 1994.43.1: H.: 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm), W.: 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm), diameter of bowl: 5 in. (12.7cm), weight: 797. 5 gr.
1994.43.2: H.: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), diameter of bowl: 4 15/16 in. (12.6 cm), weight: 684.1 gr.
Classification: Gold and Silver
Credit line: Purchase, Marguerite and Frank A. Cosgrove Jr. Fund and Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1994
Accession year: 1994
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