id: 134950 accession number: 1957.497 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.497 updated: 2020-11-04 20:45:06.658000 Ewer (Pitcher) with Game, Seafood, and Wine Scenes, late AD 300s. Byzantium, Syria?, early Byzantine period, late 4th century. 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late AD 300s 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 copyright: --- culture: Byzantium, Syria?, early Byzantine period, late 4th century technique: silver with traces of gilding department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Byzantine type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 40 x 14.3 cm (15 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/18/01-6/3/01); "Antioch: The Lost Ancient City", not in exhibition catalogue.
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, --- PROVENANCE (Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This magnificent pitcher, called a ewer, was almost certainly meant for serving wine in the dining room of a wealthy home. On its surface are images in three bands representing the expected bounty of the hunt. Deer pursued by a lioness and hares chased by dogs appear in the top band, signifying the wealth of game the owner hoped to have on the family table. In the lowest band are edible sea creatures, while the center features the merry followers of the Roman wine god Bacchus (Dionysos in Greek). --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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 url: 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 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.497/1957.497_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.497/1957.497_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.497/1957.497_full.tif