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Historical Archive: Wine jars, Kantharoi


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wine jars on stands: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, 3 daughters, limestone, c.1345 BCE, SMB EgMP ÄM 14145, which has its own page
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Lead sarcophagus, 2nd/3rd c., prob. E Mediterranean, DO BZ.1941.2. This work has its own page.
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bottom: Dionysiac scene on Sasanian silver/gilt dish, 224-651, from Alkino village, Pernoll, MSHM
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Passion sarcophagus, marble, c.350 CE, Vat 31525. This work has its own page.
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Symmachorum ivory, late 4th to early 5th c., V&A 212-1865, which has its own page
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dolphins/vase capital, marble, Reims, early 5th c., Reims MSR 978.28697
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Wedding at Cana: Infancy/Miracle ivory, c.400-435, SMBByz 2719, which has its own page
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kantharos between panthers: Szilágy Somlyó amulet chain, gold/rock crystal, prob. c.400-50, poss. late 4th c., KHM VIIb 1. The Szilágy Somlyó treasure has its own page with other views.
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wine jar (kantharos) with panthers, ext. door lintel, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, c.425-30. This work has its own page.
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sarcophagus (lid not original), Greek marble, 2nd half of 5th c., courtyard of San Vitale, Ravenna, inv. no. 369. For contiguous images see Ravenna.
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Abel and Melchisedek, presbytery mosaic Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, 527-48. This work has its own interior and exterior pages.
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Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page
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Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page
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Harrach diptych back, ivory, 7th-8th c., Schn 1012, which has its own page with more wine jars
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Wedding at Cana: Andrews diptych, ivory, early 9th c. or poss 5th c., V&A A.47&A-1926. For oblique view see V&A.
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"Tombeau du Ladre", Carolingian? marble chancel slab reused at St-Denis with 12th-c. inscription, Louvre MNB 3270
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"Tombeau du Ladre", Carolingian? marble chancel slab reused at St-Denis with 12th-c. inscription, Louvre MNB 3270
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Wedding at Cana, ivory, c.870, BM 1856,0623.20
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Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page.
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Wedding at Cana: Bernward Column, Hildesheim, c. 1020, bronze, which has its own page.
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Nerezi Lamentation/ hymnographers, 1164, which has its own page
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Chartres cathedral, south transept windows 1221-30. For more views see Chartres.
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Wedding at Cana: Chartres cathedral, Notre Dame de la Belle-Verrière, later parts 1215-20. For more views see Chartres.
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Dečani monastery frescoes (naos), 1335-47, which have their own pages
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reliquary of the hand of St Martha from the convent of St Martha of Venice, silver gilt, Giovanni Leon, Venice 1472-74, Louvre OA 5641. This work has its own page.
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modern painted reconstruction of 5th-c. stucco, Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, which has its own pages.