Dish in the form of a dragon

anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1625

Sometimes an object could be transformed into a monster by relatively simple means. A head and wings were added to this dish. The scales on the dragon’s neck extend into the body.

  • Artwork typevessel
  • Object numberBK-17123
  • Dimensionsheight 35 cm x width 33 cm x depth 18.2 cm, width 18.1 cm x depth 13.1 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Dish in the form of a dragon

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17123

  • Description

    Siervaatwerk van bergkristal in de vorm van een gevleugelde draak op een gelobde, ovale voet. Montuur van goud met email en edelstenen. Ogen van robijn.

Creation

  • Creation

    maker: anonymous, Italy

  • Dating

    • c. 1600 - c. 1625
    • c. 1800 - c. 1900

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    • height 35 cm x width 33 cm x depth 18.2 cm
    • width 18.1 cm x depth 13.1 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Inv.;…; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 57, no. K.111.} 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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