id:			133706
accession number:	1956.32
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.32
updated:		2022-09-22 09:53:20.557000

Spouted Pitcher, AD 300–600. Byzantium, Syria?, early Byzantine period, 4th century-7th century. Silver; diameter: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.); overall: 10.8 x 18.8 cm (4 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1956.32

title:				Spouted Pitcher
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creation date:			AD 300–600
creation date earliest:		300
creation date latest:		600
current location:		104 Late Antiquity
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Byzantium, Syria?, early Byzantine period, 4th century-7th century
technique:	silver
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Byzantine
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.); Overall: 10.8 x 18.8 cm (4 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Antioch: The Lost Ancient City
	opening date:   2000-10-07T00:00:00
	<i>Antioch: The Lost Ancient City</i>. Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (organizer) (October 7, 2000-February 4, 2001); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 25-June 3, 2001); The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (August 30-December 30, 2001).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Worcester Art Museum (10/7/00-2/4/01); The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/18/01-6/3/01); The Baltimore Museum of Art (9/16/01-12/30/01); "Antioch:  The Lost Ancient City", exh. cat. no. 76, p. 191; color repr. p. 191.

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PROVENANCE

	reportedly found near Latakia, Syria.  (Milton Girod, Sarthe, France).
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wall description: 
A large quantity of tableware survives from the Roman Empire, including this piece from Antioch and the Eastern Mediterranean. Most of the recovered groups of silver seem to have been hoards concealed during times of trouble. A complete table service, called a <em>ministerium</em> in Latin and a synthesis in Greek, consisted of silver for eating and drinking: trays, platters, plates, dishes, spoons, pepper dispensers, goblets, pitchers, ladles, and bowls. The god of wine, Dionysos, was frequently depicted on drinking and eating vessels.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 54
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n24

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