in Gallery 233 This finial in the shape of a dragon’s head would originally have
CupThis cylindrical cup has slightly curved walls and a flat base. The decoration consists of an inscription impressed vertically eight times around the walls. Since each end of the tong was rectangular, the inscription is framed above and below by a row of short lines that create a decorative effect, as if the surface were divided into panels spaced at regular intervals
Many large beakers and bowls, and fragments thereof, have survived with rectangular
Mosque LampThis lamp has a flattened, almost globular body with a long flared neck and a low folded foot. Three suspension loops are attached to the body. The enameled and gilded decoration consists of three main registers and four narrower bands of continuous vegetal patterns
This enameled and gilded vessel is the earliest datable lamp known to have been hung
Ca. 1911, known and possibly purchased by Ernst Herzfeld, near Tell al-Deylam (ancient Dilbat); by 1914, collection of Frida and/or Georg Hahn, Berlin, who most probably acquired it from Ernst Herzfeld; 1939, left on deposit at the British Museum by the Hahn family; acquired by the Museum in 1947, purchased from Charlotte Weidler, New York, on behalf of Georg Hahn
Other objects in the hoard seem to have been made earlier and kept for centuries.
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1944. pp. 160, 162, ill. fig. 95 (b/w).
This exhibition will bring together more than 265 exquisite objects that were created through the patronage of the royal courts of the Hellenistic kingdoms, with an emphasis on the ancient city of Pergamon.
Tunisia, and the United States will also be represented, often through objects that have
This exhibition will present a new perspective on the vibrant artistic and cultural identities that flourished in the ancient Middle East as two great empires competed for regional control.
the archaeological sites featured, including Palmyra, Dura-Europos, and Hatra, have
Inscription: Notations in graphite on verso, right side, beginning couper/chars/abbatu…(illegible).Marking: Stamped in red ink, lower right: Delacroix estate mark (Lugt 838a)
the School of Nature: Nineteenth-Century Drawings and Paintings from the Karen B.
In ancient times, this object would have held powdered lime made from calcined seashells
Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1979. „One Hundred Ninth Annual Report of the Trustees for the Fiscal Year July 1, 1978 through June 30, 1979.“ Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 109: p
that this pyxis was made in Macedonia, since other vessels with similar motifs have
