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Museum August Kestner Antike Kulturen Galvano-Repliken der Firma Emile Gilliéron & Sohn [1901.7d]
Pokal, sog. ‚Nestorbecher‘ (galvanoplastische Nachbildung) (Museum August Kestner CC BY-NC-SA)
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Cup, so-called 'Nestor cup' (galvanoplastic replica)

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Description

Galvanoplastic replica of a gold cup. - The shape of the 'cup', which is still unique today, with the doves on the handles, corresponds roughly to the description Homer gives of Nestor's cup (Iliad 11, 632-637). Because Homer gives only little and unclear information about the appearance of the cup, it was already discussed at length in antiquity.
In 1876, Heinrich Schliemann found a gold cup in Mycenae that was close in shape to the one described by Homer; he therefore believed that he had found the real model of this vessel. (AVS)

Original: Gold; Late Helladic I (1580-1530 BC); Mycenae, Grave Round A, Shaft Tomb IV; Athens, Nat. Mus.

Material/Technique

Copper precipitation, gold-plated

Measurements

Height: 14.45 cm

Detailed description

Konischer Becher, leicht zerdrückt, mit hohem zylinrischem Fuß, breite Fußplatte und zwei angenieteten "Rollenhenkeln", die zusätzlich noch je eine Stütze in Form eines schmalen durchbrochenen Goldblechs besitzen.Auf der Henkeloberseite je eine Taube.

Literature

  • Wolters, Paul (ohne Jahr): Galvanoplastische Nachbildungen mykenischer und kretischer (minoischer Altertümer) von E. Gilliéron & Fils. Geislingen, Kat. 2 Taf. 6
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1900
Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Geislingen an der Steige
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1900
Gilliéron, Emile
Athens
1899 1902
Museum August Kestner

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