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From 2nd Century BC To 6th Century

  • Yoel Davis

Yoel Davis

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Greek and Roman Art / The Met

    This eating utensil was originally a combination spoon and knife.
    The small iron knife that folded into the handle of the spoon is now missing, but one can still see the hinge and the slot along the handle for the blade.
    Another example (17.192.254) is on view in the Museum's galleries of Medieval Art.

Glass cameo plaque fragment

Greek and Roman Art / The Met

    Translucent deep purple with opaque white overlay.
    Flat underside; top surface with shallow relief decoration.
    In relief in white, head of figure turned to right in three-quarter view, with wavy hair.
    Broken on all sides with weathered edges; dulling, slight pitting, patches of weathering and brilliant iridescence.
   The fragment comes from a flat panel of glass, probably a plaque rather than a vessel
   It is decorated with a finely carved head in opaque white on a background of deep purple glass

Terracotta Hadra hydria (water jar)

Greek and Roman Art / The Met

    The hydria is dated by its close stylistic relationship to hydria 90.9.29.
    The vessels are thought to be by the same artist since both feature the decorative combination of cross-hatched diagonal bands with a four-petaled rosette and dotted rosettes framed by sideways palmetto fronds.

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