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Stemless cup with ring handles (skyphos)
Stemless cup with ring handles (skyphos)

Stemless cup with ring handles (skyphos)

100–50 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsHeight: 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.); diameter: 9.7 cm; diameter (with handles) 17.3 cm
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Leon Levy
Accession number1981.134
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
Provenance1981, sold by Mohammad Yeganeh (dealer; b. 1929 - d. 2012), Frankfurt, to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: May 13, 1981)

NOTE: Said at the time of acquisition to have come from the Near East.