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Historical Archive: Cups and Beakers Representations follow surviving examples. See also Chalices, and gold-glass for bowl/cup bases and medallions. oak tree trunk well head with deposits, c.1000 BCE, Berlin-Lichterfelde, SMB. For full work see Berlin. red-figure Attic skyphos: owl, c.450-400 BCE, KM 0000.00.2608. For oblique view see Kelsey. glass kantharos with gold/carnelian/garnet, c.200-100 BCE, Severskaya, Kuban region, MSHM. For oblique view see MSHM. glass kantharos, 2nd-1st c. BCE, Vozdvizhenskaya Kurgan, Kuban region, MSHM cup, Roman rock crystal, RGM V337 glass flask and footed cups found together, 1st-4th c. Karanis (Egypt), KM 0000.00.5936, 0000.00.5965, 0000.00.5966. For flask see Kelsey. glass footed cups, 1st-4th c. Karanis (Egypt), KM 0000.00.5965, 0000.00.5966 mold-blown glass beaker with standing figures, 1st to 4th c., Hermitage Gourdon Chalice or cup. Gold, turquoise, red glass, and garnet, c.500, CdM. This work has its own page. stemmed cup or chalice: Zalissia treasure, silver, c.650-700, KHM VIIa, which has its own page with detail covered or double cup? 8th-9th c., fr. Moshchevaya Balka, which has its own page glass vessel with menorah, Syria 8th-9th c., Hermitage EГ-1361 cup? Lebuinus chalice, ivory c.790-810, Utrecht ABM bi787, which has its own page miniature free-blown glass cup with pinched decoration, 10th-12th c. Egypt, KM 1968.02.0067 Chalice of Bratilo, 12th c. Byzantine Novgorod, silver gilt, Novgorod AM. This work has its own page. Mina'i ware beaker with Shahnama story, Iran late 12th c., Freer F1928.2. This work has its own page. Islamicate glass beaker c.1200-90, with leather case England c.1450-1500, V&A C.1 to B-1959. This work has its own page. beaker, agate in 13th-c. ostensorium, Osnabrück diocesan museum ostensorium made from several gemstone vessels, 13th c., Osnabrück diocesan museum "Sainte Coupe": covered cup (ciborium), gilded silver, c.1200, England?, Sens CT. This work has its own page. beaker with polo players, enamelled and gilded blown glass, Syria, mid 13th c., Louvre OA 6131. This work has its own page. stemmed cup from Somogyvár (Hungary), 15th c. Venice, HNM. For another view see HNM. beaker, amethyst, Paris or Venice?, c.1400, Louvre OA 2042 reliquary: blown glass beaker, wood, wax, Germany c. 1450, V&A C.280-1936 footed beaker with Creation, enameled mold-blown glass, Venice c.1490, KGM 1935,51, which has its own page ostrich egg cup with cover, Johannes Lencker (1573-1637), Augsburg 1620-25, MAAB. For details see MAAB. Caudle cup with Charles II of England, tin-glazed earthenware, Lambeth Potteries 1668, AIC 1957.448 covered cup with allegory of Africa, zebu horn, circle of Georg Pfründt c.1680, KGM K 3429, which has its own page Standard of Ur, lapis lazuli, shell, and red limestone, c. 2600-2400 BCE, BM ME 121201. This work has its own page. harp inlay, shell and lapis, Ur c.2550-2450 BCE, Penn 30-12-484. For full work see Penn. painted sarcophagus from Crimea, late 1st/early 2nd c., Hermitage П.1899-81, which has its own page funerary stela of Herakela (age 60) and Ares (age 52), limestone and paint, 2nd-early 4th c. Terenouthis (Egypt), KM 0000.02.1179. For details see Kelsey. grave stone of the daughter of the standard-bearer Crescens with funeral banquet, from Kirkby Thore (Eng.), 2nd-4th c., BM 1970,0102.7 Shepherd sarcophagus from Catacomb of Praetextatus (Three Shepherds Sarcophagus; Christian?), marble c.370-400, Vat 31554 (ex 191A). This work has its own page. life of Christ ivory, c.870, SMBByz 598. For full work and details see Berlin. Wedding at Cana: Bernward Column, Hildesheim, c. 1020, bronze, which has its own page with more cups capital with Lazarus and Dives: feast of Dives, limestone, c.1125, MAHSD. For contiguous faces see Saint Denis Museum. Bobrinsky bucket, bronze with silver and copper, Afghanistan, 1163, Hermitage IR-2268. This work has its own page. Mina'i ware beaker with Shahnama story, Iran late 12th c., Freer F1928.2. This work has its own page. Wedding at Cana: Chartres cathedral, Notre Dame de la Belle-Verrière, later parts 1215-20. For more views see Chartres. Chartres cathedral, ambulatory windows 1220-25. For more views see Chartres. giving drink: font, copper alloy c.1226, Hildesheim Cathedral. This work has its own page. dance of Salome (restored), mosaic c.1240-1310, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages. feast of Herod with head of John the Baptist, mosaic c.1240-1310, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages. glass water bottle in the shape of pilgrim's flask, Syria c.1250-60, BM 1869,0120.3. This work has its own page. cup with love potion: Tristan embroidery, wool on linen, c.1300-25, WIEN Ha 1, WienMus, which has its own page Last Supper: pulpit hanging, linen and silk embroidery on linen, Wienhausen 1325-75, WIEN Hb 3. For full object see WienMus. Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, Baptistère de Saint Louis, Egypt or Syria c.1330-40, Louvre LP16. This work has its own page. arms of cup-bearer: Mosque lamp, gilded and enamelled glass, Egypt c.1330-45, BM 1869,0624.2. This work has its own page. Judith and Holofernes, oak choir stalls, 1420, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page oak chest with Last Supper, 16th c., Hospice Comtesse Lille A.178. This work has its own page. right: Hermann tom Ring, Last Judgement/ Triumph of Death 1550-52, oil/panel, Utrecht ABM s40. For full work see Utrecht.