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Object
Artist |
Unknown artist
Unknown artist
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Object type | cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English:
Cup with mythological scenes, a sphinx frieze and the representation of a king vanquishing his enemies. The center contains a version of the
"Flower of life"
geometrical pattern. Cypro-Archaic I (8th–7th centuries BC). From Idalion, Cyprus.
Original can be seen at the Louvre
AO 20134
Français :
Coupe ornée de combats mythologiques, d'une frise de sphinx et d'un roi terrassant des ennemis. Chypro-Archaïque (VIIIe-VIIe siècles av. J.-C.). Provenance : Idalion, Chypre.
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Date | between circa 700 and circa 600 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | electrum and gold | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q19675
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Current location |
Levant,
room 21: Chypre
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Sully, ground floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities). |
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Accession number |
AO
20134
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Object history |
purchased by Félicien de Saulcy
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Credit line |
1853: given by Félicien de Saulcy
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References | Musée du Louvre, Atlas database : entry 23848 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
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Photograph
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Source | Own work | |||
Author | Marie-Lan Nguyen | |||
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