id: 134950
accession number: 1957.497
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Ewer (Pitcher) with Game, Seafood, and Wine Scenes, late 300s CE. Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period. Silver with traces of gilding; overall: 40 x 14.3 cm (15 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund with the addition of a gift from Mrs. Edward B. Greene, 1957.497
title: Ewer (Pitcher) with Game, Seafood, and Wine Scenes
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creation date: late 300s CE
creation date earliest: 375
creation date latest: 399
current location: 104 Late Antiquity
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund with the addition of a gift from Mrs. Edward B. Greene
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culture: Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period
technique: silver with traces of gilding
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Byzantine
type: Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 40 x 14.3 cm (15 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection
opening date: 1994-11-23T05:00:00
All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995).
title: Antioch: The Lost Ancient City
opening date: 2000-10-07T00:00:00
Antioch: The Lost Ancient City. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 25-June 3, 2001).
title: Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity
opening date: 2016-02-25T00:00:00
Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, NY, New York, NY (February 25-May 22, 2016).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/18/01-6/3/01); "Antioch: The Lost Ancient City", not in exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '2001-03-18T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, NY (2/25/2016 - 5/22/2016): "Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity" fig. 1-1.23, p. 39. checklist no. 7,', 'opening_date': '2016-02-25T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York).
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CITATIONS
Milliken, William. "Early Byzantine Silver." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 45, no. 3 (March 1958): 35-40.
page number: Reproduced: cover; Mentioned: p. 39
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142265
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 37
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n61
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 37
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n59
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 38
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n58
Hobbs, Richard. The Mildenhall Treasure: Late Roman Silver Plate from East Anglia. London: The British Museum, 2016.
page number: Reproduced: p. 41, pl. 52
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Thomas, Thelma K. "Material Meaning in Late Antiquity." In Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. Thelma K. Thomas, ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016.
page number: Reproduced: p. 39, fig. 1-1.23
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