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Rock crystal dish in the form of a temple

Rock crystal dish in the form of a temple





Artist : Anonymous

Date : approx. between 200 and 500

Material : Rock crystal
Acquisition : Bequest of Ada Small Moore (1955)
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Center
Ground Floor
Item 23 on 33
Objet(s) d'Art
Dishes

Vitrine : V02

Area related
Carthage (Tunisie)

Description   

The five rock crystal works exhibited in this case were founded in a cistern in Carthage. They demonstrate the quality of the arts of a great city as the Roman world became Byzantine.
Rock crystal dish in the form of a temple
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