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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1901.3
People
Emile Gilliéron or son, Swiss (1850 - 1924; 1885 - 1939)
Title
Reproduction of a Gold Vapheio Cup
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
19th-20th century
Period
Helladic period, Late
Culture
Mycenaean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/59290

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gilt copper-alloy electrotype
Technique
Electrotype
Dimensions
7.4 x 10.2 cm (2 15/16 x 4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Museum Purchase
Accession Year
1901
Object Number
1901.3
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Reproduction of a gold Vapheio cup with repoussé decoration showing a calm scene of a youth tying a captured bull. The original was found in a tholos tomb in Vapheio, Laconia

Publication History

  • Jennifer Y. Chi, ed., Restoring the Minoans: Elizabeth Price and Sir Arthur Evans, exh. cat., Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and Princeton University Press (New York and Princeton, 2017), pp. 82-83, fig. III-22

Exhibition History

  • Restoring the Minoans: Sir Arthur Evans and Elizabeth Price, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York, 10/05/2017 - 01/07/2018

Verification Level

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