Antioch chalice

The Antioch chalice is a silver-gilt Christian vessel, perhaps a eucharistic chalice, made around AD 500–550. Currently it is on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Avenue in Gallery 300. When it was discovered, the interior cup of the chalice was initially considered by some to be the Holy Chalice, the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper. Recently, it has been concluded that it may have been a standing oil lamp and not a chalice.

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