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Basin
anoniem, anoniem, anonymous, anonymous, c. 1500 - c. 1530
In 1535, Emperor Charles V defeated the Turks at Tunis. One of his officers, Count Maximilian of Buren, seized this basin as booty. As the inscription on the object shows, he then gave it to the town of Grave on 26 December 1536. Earlier the Turks had themselves looted the basin in Naples.
- Artwork typekettle, lavabo
- Object numberBK-NM-9658
- Dimensionsheight 11 cm x height 21.1 cm x width 23.5 cm x width 21 cm x depth 20 cm x weight 741 gr