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-.
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.
4th century A.D.
about A.D. 200–250
