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| Trivulzio Cage Cup | |
|---|---|
| Italian: Diatreta Trivulzio | |
| File:Diatreta Trivulzio - Museo Archeologico - Milan 2014 (cropped).jpg | |
| Material | Glass |
| Size | 12 cm (4.7 in) high |
| Writing | Latin: BIBE VIVAS MVLTIS ANNIS |
| Created | 4th century AD |
| Discovered | In an ancient sarcophagus near Novara, Italy |
| Present location | Archaeological Museum, Milan, Italy |
| Culture | Roman culture |
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The Trivulzio Cage Cup (Italian: Diatreta Trivulzio) is a glass wine cup realized in the 4th century AD. It is one of the best-preserved late-Roman cage cups.
Description and History
[edit | edit source]Description
[edit | edit source]The cup consists of two parts: an inner cup-shaped container and an outer cage that encloses it.[1] The cup is made of colorless glass with shades of emerald green, light hazelnut, and dark blue.[2] The outer cage has the shape of a delicate web of brown and blue glass circles linked with a cross motif at the points of contact.[2] It is connected to the container by thin glass stems. Underneath the lip is a Latin inscription carved in light blue glass: BIBE VIVAS MVLTIS ANNIS (Drink and may you live many years), a convivial acclamation that, according to Filippo Buonarroti, the Romans were accustomed to carve on banquet cups.[3]
History
[edit | edit source]The cup, of very fine workmanship, was probably realized by a specialized workshop in the vicinity of Milan, then capital of the Roman Empire, during the 4th century AD. It was part of a funerary trousseau discovered on 9 June 1675 in a sarcophagus in between the comuni of Mandello Vitta and Castellazzo Novarese, near Novara, Piedmont.[4] After the death of its first owner, Everardo Visconti, the cup was sold to Abbot Carlo Trivulzio, a learned collector of ancient artifacts, who, recognizing its inestimable value, purchased it in 1777, adding it to his collection.[5]
The precious object acquired immediate fame after being described in the Italian edition of Johann Joachim Winckelmann's History of the Art of Antiquity (1779).[6] The cup had caught the attention of the German scholar, who became interested in the manufacture techniques of cage cups.[7] The cup was purchased by the Municipality of Milan in 1935 and it is currently displayed at the Archaeological Museum, Milan.
Notes
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- ^ Romussi 1912, pp. 130–131.
- ^ Winckelmann 1779, pp. 26–27.
- ^ Whitehouse 1994.
Bibliography
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