
The Antioch 'Chalice'
500-550. Formerly published as second half of the first... · Silver
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gallery 300
Silver, gold and the Islamic metalworkers. 43 artworks recorded, across 3 kinds, each with a cited chain of ownership.

500-550. Formerly published as second half of the first... · Silver
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gallery 300

1745-1746 · Silver
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

1768, finished within five weeks of 30 June · Silver
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession 49.45

1590-1620 · Gold
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Jewellery Gallery

c. 550-450 BCE, Achaemenid-period Lydia · Gold
Usak Museum of Archaeology, Usak, Turkey

3rd century BC, most likely made in the years of Hieron... · Silver and silver-gilt
Museo Archeologico Regionale di Aidone, Aidone, Sicily

Objects range from the first century BC to about 1640 · Enamelled gold
London Museum

Mined in India, probably at the Kollur workings in the... · Type IIb boron-bearing diamond
Smithsonian Institution

1300-1350 · Hammered sheet brass
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, Gallery 116

16th century · Gold
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1741-42, most likely the London assay year running from... · Silver gilt

Late 10th - 11th century · Cast bronze
Musee du Louvre, Departement des Arts de l'Islam, Paris
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