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Silver phiale (libation bowl)

late 7th or early 6th century BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 152
This bowl is the earliest of the Museum's traditional phialai with a pronounced omphalos (navel), or central boss; the hollow underside furnished a grip for two fingers when the phiale was tilted to pour a libation. Stylized lotos blossoms are engraved on the gently curving surface of the bowl. The boss, with its collar decorated with embossed animals, was originally covered by another gilded metal layer, as on the adjacent bowl.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Silver phiale (libation bowl)
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: late 7th or early 6th century BCE
  • Culture: East Greek, perhaps Rhodian
  • Medium: Silver, gold
  • Dimensions: Diameter: 21.92 cm
  • Classification: Gold and Silver
  • Credit Line: The Bothmer Purchase Fund, 1981
  • Object Number: 1981.11.13
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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