id: 133706 accession number: 1956.32 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.32 updated: 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- culture: Byzantium, Syria?, early Byzantine period, 4th century-7th century technique: silver department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Byzantine type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.); Overall: 10.8 x 18.8 cm (4 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Antioch: The Lost Ancient City opening date: 2000-10-07T00:00:00 Antioch: The Lost Ancient City. 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). --- 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. --- PROVENANCE reportedly found near Latakia, Syria. (Milton Girod, Sarthe, France). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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 ministerium 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 54 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n24 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.32/1956.32_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.32/1956.32_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1956.32/1956.32_full.tif