Ladle
late 1st century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueSilver with gold leaf
DimensionsLength: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)
Credit LineSeth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession number61.159
On View
On viewClassificationsTableware
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1960: with Hesperia Art, 2219 St. James Place, Philadelphia 3, Pa. (said to have been found in western Asia Minor with three silver cups bought by the British Museum and a silver cup bought by the Toledo Museum of Art); March 8, 1961: purchased by MFA from Hesperia Art for $ 1,000-.
about A.D. 200–250
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
3rd century B.C.
3rd century B.C.
3rd century B.C.
3rd century B.C.
1st century A.D.
about 300 B.C.
about 400–350 B.C.