cage cup

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Figure 212: An example of diatreta (cage cups), perhaps made for a Greek living in the Rhineland, 3rd to 4th century AD. In the Romisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne. Height 12.1 cm.

cage cup

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Also known as: diatreta

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The Roman Empire
…is seen in the so-called cage cups (diatreta), on which the design—usually a mesh of circles that touch one another, with or without a convivial inscription—is so undercut that it stands completely free of the body of the vessel, except for an occasional supporting strut. These cups were made perhaps…
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…is seen in the so-called cage cups (diatreta), on which the design—usually a mesh of circles that touch one another, with or without a convivial inscription—is so undercut that it stands completely free of the body of the vessel, except for an occasional supporting strut. These cups were made perhaps…
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