Bowl with Saints Peter and Paul

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Regularly spaced on the exterior are Christograms, monograms for Christ's name, framed in martyrs' wreaths. Saints Peter and Paul appear on the interior base in a medallion similar to ones on gold glass vessels.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of medieval and Byzantine art is among the most comprehensive in the world. Displayed in both The Met Fifth Avenue and in the Museum's branch in northern Manhattan, The Met Cloisters, the collection encompasses the art of the Mediterranean and Europe from the fall of Rome in the fourth century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the early sixteenth century. It also includes pre-medieval European works of art created during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age.

Metropolitan Museum of Art