Sujet

Bowl, 300-100 BC. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Bowl, 300-100 BC. Additional Info: Wealthy Romans had a taste for luxury tableware, especially vessels made from semi-precious stones, gold, and silver. Vessels carved from various forms of chalcedony, especially agate, were very popular. Artisans carved large pieces of the stone into perfume bottles, cups, and bowls of various forms. The marbled brown and white coloring of this bowl, the translucent quality of its thin walls, and the subtle grooved decoration of the exterior are all typical features of these vessels, which were widely copied by Roman glassmakers. This bowl was part of a group of precious stone vessels discovered near Qift (formerly Koptos) in southern Egypt. India was one of the sources for agate in antiquity, and Qift lay on the trade route that connected the Arabian Sea and the Mediterranean.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A02_376

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

145,6Mo (3,2Mo) / 73,2cm x 49,9cm / 8641 x 5891 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe bowl historical country Egypt quartz white cup color brown Egyptian decoration decorative Greek Greece antique location century vessel artefact concept tableware decorated artifact marbled Drinking vessel Colour agate Ancient Greece Ancient Egyptian Ancient Egypt Ancient Greek chalcedony culture history historic 2nd century BC 3rd century BC TGN white colour Unknown container Applied Arts Mizraim Qift marbling Heritage Art agate bowl vessel