Chalice from the Beth Misona Treasure
c. 500–700
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Chalice from the Beth Misona Treasure, c. 500–700. Early Byzantium, Constantinople or Syria, Byzantine period, 6th-7th Century. Silver; overall: 17 x 14.2 cm (6 11/16 x 5 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.378
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- silver
- Medium
- silver
- Dimensions
- Overall: 17 x 14.2 cm (6 11/16 x 5 9/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: the Greek inscription at the top, under an engraved line translates as: + The priest, KYRIAKOS, son of DOMNOS, (gave this chalice) to St. Sergios, in the time of Zeno the priest.
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1950.378
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- 35th Anniversary Exhibition, All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection, Antioch: The Lost Ancient City, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery: "Silver from Early Byzantium" 1986, cat. no. 57, p. 228<br>New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 5, 1977-March, 1, 1978. <br>Worcester Art Museum (10/7/00-2/4/01); The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/18/01-6/3/01); <br>The Baltimore Museum of Art (9/16/01-12/30/01); "Antioch: The Lost Ancient City", exh. cat. no. 98, p. 211; color repr. p. 211.<br>Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 105 Byzantine
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