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Silver Cup based upon a Roman Cantharus
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Silver Cup based upon a Roman Cantharus

Artist Oomersi Mawji (Indian)
Dateca. 1880
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (13.97 × 16.51 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the William T. Kemper Foundation, The Estelle S. and Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation, Dr. Roopa Bansal, Katherine DeBruce, Dr. Dev and Shibani Maulik and the Silver for the 70th Fund in honor of the 70th Anniversary of India's Independence and the Indian Silver Fund and the Oriental Fund in honor of Laurence Sickman
Object number2017.33.2
Inscribedinside the rim: "Replicas of the Centaur Vases found at Herculaneum"
Markingsunderside of base: "OM" and "Bhuj"
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DescriptionThis silver object is a two-handled cup based upon a Roman cup found in the House of Silver in Pompeii. The cup has a is a small, round base and narrow stem. The body of the cup is decorated with mythological figures sculpted in deep relief, including a figure of a female centaur. The rim of th ecup is decorated with a patterned frieze and the handles terminate at the top and bottom in foliate forms.Gallery Label
Oomersi Mawji was the most famous Indian silversmith in the 1800s. He served as the court goldsmith for the ruler of Kutch, a small kingdom in western India. Mawji worked in both local and international styles. This cup is based upon one found in the House of Silver in Pompeii. Works like this were created for international exhibitions and worlds fairs.
Provenance

Col. (Dr.) Reginald George Turner, IMS. CMG DSO FRCS, by 1912;

Bequeathed to nephew, Anthony Hiles, by 1953;

Purchased from Hiles by Wynyard Wilkinson, London, by 2015;

Purchased from Wilkinson by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.


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