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Coconut cup
anoniem, c. 1550 - c. 1600
Coconuts were rare in Europe in the 16th century and therefore costly. Three scenes from the Old Testament story of Samson decorate this cup.
- Artwork typecoconut cup
- Object numberBK-17005
- Dimensionsdiameter 9.0 cm, height 30.3 cm x diameter 10.8 cm


Identification
Title(s)
Kokosnootbeker met scènes uit het leven van Simson
Object type
Object number
BK-17005
Description
Kokosnootbeker met verguld zilveren montuur met deksel. Over het montuur verspreid bevinden zich opgesoldeerde blank zilveren amoretten. De voet wordt gedragen door drie hagedissen. De vaasvormige nodus is gedecoreerd met voluten. Het deksel wordt bekroond door een bisschopsfiguur. Op de kokosnoot zijn drie scènes weergegeven uit het leven van Simson: Simson wurgt de leeuw; Simson voor de poort van Gaza en Simson en Delila.
Creation
Creation
silversmith: anoniem, Germany
Dating
c. 1550 - c. 1600
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Technique
Dimensions
- diameter 9.0 cm
- height 30.3 cm x diameter 10.8 cm
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Provenance
…; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 45, no. Zil 13, Artistic no. 19/26; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, ``O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939´´, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960
Remarks
Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
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