Three silver cups with repousse decoration and traces of gilding. Each has an outer skin and separately-made inner liner. Two are a pair, covered with elaborate flora and fauna. The third depicts the story of Orestes andIphigeneia (from a lost play by Sophocles).
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Title of artwork, date
Three Silver Cups, 1st century BC
Date supported
1959
Medium and material
Silver
Grant
3000
Total cost
14300
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