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Drinking Cup

Date

1st century B.C.

Medium

Gilt silver, inlaid glass and semiprecious stones

Culture

Parthian

Department

Vessels

Institution

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A raised, gilded cup. The deep bowl is decorated with three-dimensional leaves on the exterior and is undecorated within. Calyx decoration covers the lower half of the body, which is composed of an eight-petaled calyx of four acanthus-like leaves with bent tips. Interspaced are four nymphaea-like leaves that function as frames for an incised scale pattern. The foliage tips were made separately and have been soldered on. Blossoms with stone inlays grow on curved stalks between the tips of the calyx. The entire decoration rises from a four-petaled rosette with elongated leaves and a single stone at center. The upper part of the exterior decoration consists of a flower tendril with large accompanying leaves framed by two three-dimensional beaded lines. The blossoms have stone incrustations.

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