Cleveland Museum of Art

Amphoriskos

Date

200–1 BCE

Medium

silver

Culture

Greece, late Hellenistic period

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Though now missing both of its original handles, this silver vessel is a miniature version of an amphora, known in Greek as an amphoriskos. Such miniature vessels, made from silver or other materials, were used from the 6th century BCE onwards to store perfumes or scented oils. This amphoriskos is made of a single sheet of raised silver.

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