anonymous, c. 1400
Workshops for rock-crystal objects were established in various European centres in the late Middle Ages. Only simple patterns were possible then. Here the 17th-century mount adds extra allure to the much older rock-crystal cup.
Title(s)
Lidded coupe
Object type
Object number
BK-17104
Description
coupe met deksel van bergkristal met verguld zilveren voet, oren en montuur. Het vat en het koepelvormige deksel zijn geslepen in twaalf verticale facetten. De oren worden gevormd door twee gevleugelde, vrouwelijke hermen. Bij de onderste aanhechting twee vrouwenmaskers.
Creation
maker: anonymous, France (possibly)
Dating
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Provenance
…; collection Kremlin, Moscow;{Von Falke 1936, p. 47, no. K.90.}…; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939) Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 47, no. K.90.} purchased from his estate, 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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