Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Triskellion Ewer

This ewer almost always catches my eye as I'm walking through the Mediaeval portion of the MET.  Age has changed the coloring, the green parts used to be red.

What I like most about it is how the artist managed to give the spirals a three-fold symmetry without overcrowding the design.  The extra swirls make the pattern seem organic and less geometric.

It's Late Roman, made sometime between 200 and 400.  The MET display doesn't say where it was found.... and I'm not finding it in their on-line catalogue.



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