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Patera Collection

Background imagePatera Collection: Ancient Roman vase, pitcher and patera

Ancient Roman vase, pitcher and patera
Metal vase with swan heads 1 and pitcher 2 from the Museo Portici, and metal patera or libation bowl with dolphin and handle from the Casa Oddi, Perugia 3

Background imagePatera Collection: Roman sacrificial paraphernalia

Roman sacrificial paraphernalia
Bull prepared for sacrifice, from a bas-relief owned by Bartolomeo Cavaceppi 1, vessel with swan's neck to draw water for a sacrifice 2, bagpipes or flutes played at sacrifices

Background imagePatera Collection: Flamen priest performing a ritual in ancient Rome

Flamen priest performing a ritual in ancient Rome. He wears a crimson cloak or laena over a toga, and holds a bowl over a sacrificial altar. Children with sacred box and tibia or aulos

Background imagePatera Collection: Vestal Virgin, priestess ofthe goddess Vesta, ancient Rome

Vestal Virgin, priestess ofthe goddess Vesta, ancient Rome
Vestal Virgin, priestess of Vesta, goddess of the hearh, ancient Rome. She wears a stola and palla or shawl, stands before the sacred hearth with water pitcher and patera. Vestale Romaine

Background imagePatera Collection: Ancient Roman sacrificial tools

Ancient Roman sacrificial tools
Victim's skull decorated for a Roman animal sacrifice, a Greek patera between the horns 1, paten 2, portable vase used with patera for libations in sacrifices 3

Background imagePatera Collection: Apollo, Greek god of music, with Pythia and offering

Apollo, Greek god of music, with Pythia and offering
Figure of Apollo, Greek god of music and prophecy, with lyre. Pythia, his priestess at Delphi, offers a baby on a patera bowl. In carnelian. Apollo. In corniola

Background imagePatera Collection: Pyrrhic Dance, ancient Greek war dance

Pyrrhic Dance, ancient Greek war dance. From a Greek vase in the collection of Sir William Hamilton. Danza Pirrica

Background imagePatera Collection: Roman Lararium shrine and Lustrazio purification rite

Roman Lararium shrine and Lustrazio purification rite
Roman household gods or Lares in a Lararium shrine, showing two young men, genii of Augustus, in tunics and coturn sandals with drinking horns, found in Herculaneum 1

Background imagePatera Collection: Roman legionaries with ballista during a siege

Roman legionaries with ballista during a siege
Roman legionaries in lorica armour and galea helmets with shields and spears during a siege. Slingers sling lead shot, and two artillery men load darts into a ballista protected by fortifications

Background imagePatera Collection: View of the Neapolitan Crypt or Crypta Neapolitana

View of the Neapolitan Crypt or Crypta Neapolitana, ancient Roman road tunnel linking Naples to Pozzuoli on the Via Domiziana, Italy. Grotta di Posilippo

Background imagePatera Collection: Patera from Millin, Peintures et Vases Antiques

Patera from Millin, Peintures et Vases Antiques. Shallow ceramic dish with mythological winged figures, possibly Venus and Cupid

Background imagePatera Collection: Patera in the British Museum

Patera in the British Museum. Shallow ceramic dish with dancing winged figure holding mirror and dish. Genius of Apollo with string of pearls around its thigh and calf

Background imagePatera Collection: Bacchic rites of Thalysia

Bacchic rites of Thalysia
Two ministers of Bacchus with sacrificial offerings of leaves, cembalo (cymbal) and patera (bowl)

Background imagePatera Collection: Four putti with symbols of Bacchus

Four putti with symbols of Bacchus: cupbearer (pocillator) with urn and saucer, putto with patera (bowl) and basin (crater), one with deer over its shoulders, and one holding a dice cup

Background imagePatera Collection: Ceramic plate. Decorated head matron. Greek imitation. 3rd c

Ceramic plate. Decorated head matron. Greek imitation. 3rd c
Phiale or patera, libation bowl. Ceramic plate. Decorated head matron. Greek imitation. 3rd century BC. From Bari, Italy. Episcopal Museum. Vic. Catalonia. Spain

Background imagePatera Collection: Silver patera. Iberian art

Silver patera. Iberian art
Plate decorated with chariots. Silver. Iberian art. Relief. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Proc: SPAIN. CATALONIA. TARRAGONA. Tivissa. Castellet de Banyoles

Background imagePatera Collection: Patera with a fox head

Patera with a fox head. Iberian art. Relief. Proc: SPAIN. Tivissa. Castellet de Banyoles

Background imagePatera Collection: Patera with Lion Head

Patera with Lion Head
An Iberian Patera with a Lions head in relief. Silver with gold sheets


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