Dumbarton Oaks - Cup with Inscription and Meander Pattern (modern forgery)

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Cup with Inscription and Meander Pattern (modern forgery)

19th century - 20th century (in the style of the 6th-7th century)
10.3 cm (4 1/16 in.)
bronze
BZ.1939.14.10

Not on view

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Acquisition History

Supposedly found in ruins of a Church at Kom-El-Ahmar, Egypt.

Purchased from Kalebdjian Frères (Paris), August 26, 1939.

Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Byzantine Collection, Washington, D.C.