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Left hand side - A629455, Metal cup, copy of the original silver cup in Lourve, decorated with a series of skeletons
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Metal cup, a copy of the original silver cup in the Lourve, decorated with a series of skeletons depicting the dance of death, Roman
Decorated with skeletons, both adult and infant, the silver cup on the right represents the ‘Dance of Death’. As a memento mori, this cup reminds drinkers of the shortness of life and the inevitability of death. This cup is a copy of the original silver version, which is in the Louvre in Paris, France. It is shown here with a similar example (A629455).
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- Category:
- Classical & Medieval Medicine
- Object Number:
- A629454
- type:
- cup
- taxonomy:
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- furnishing and equipment
- container - receptacle
- drinking vessel
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