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The Vicarello Goblet
25 BCE–25 CE
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This masterpiece of the Roman silversmith’s art is exquisitely worked in relief. The multifigure scene centers on a rustic shrine of the ithyphallic fertility god Priapus, son of Dionysos. He takes the form of a stylized boundary marker atop a column, where a woman seems to have brought him to life by touching him. To the left sits a table with votive offerings to the god. Flanking the shrine are a satyr and maenad, dancing ecstatically.
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- Title: The Vicarello Goblet
- Date Created: 25 BCE–25 CE
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 12.2 x 7.8 cm (4 13/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
- Provenance: Sir William Drake, F.S.A. (1817-1890), London, England, Baron Edmond de Rothschild (1845-1934), Paris, France, [Auction: Christie's, London, (1966 APR 05), no. 12], The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Metalwork
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.371
- Medium: silver
- Fun Fact: This silver cup was found north of Rome at Vicarello (ancient Aquae Apollinares), probably in 1862.
- Department: Greek and Roman Art
- Culture: Italy, Vicarello (ancient Aquae Apollinares), Roman, Augustan period
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: GR - Roman
- Accession Number: 1966.371
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