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| Keywords: Byzantine - Silver Cup - Walters 57631.jpg The interior but not exterior surface of this bowl is finished suggesting that it may have served as a liner to some other vessel This bowl may have been set into a mount or stand of another material such as marble or ivory and may have been used for pouring water either for hand washing or baptism mid-late 6th century Late Antique silver cm 4 3 11 5 accession number 57 631 27263 Excavated in Syria 1908-1910 Tawfic Abucasem Hama and Port Said ca 1913 by purchase Joseph Brummer Paris ca 1928 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Silver Treasure from Early Byzantium The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1986 place of origin England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license Byzantine silver in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
