Vase

anonymous, c. 1550

The wall of this vase is decorated with foliate scrolls incorporating imaginary creatures such as dragons. The theme is continued in the handles, which are shaped like griffins. The decoration alludes to artefacts from Classical antiquity that were excavated around 1520.

Artwork typevase
Object numberBK-17111
Dimensionsdiameter 8.5 cm, height 18.7 cm x width 17.8 cm x depth 14 cm

Identification

Title(s)
Vase
Object type
Object number
BK-17111
Description
Vaas van bergkristal met twee oren in de vorm van draken. Montuur van goud met wit en zwart email. Versierd met symmetrische ranken en diergrotesken in slijpwerk.

Creation

Creation
maker: anonymous, Milaan
Dating
c. 1550
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Material and technique

Dimensions
- diameter 8.5 cm
- height 18.7 cm x width 17.8 cm x depth 14 cm

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Subject

Acquisition and rights

Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; collection Count Pavel Andreyevich Shuvalov (1776-1823);{Note RMA; Les Trésors d’art en Russie 2, 1902, unpag., one of the plates after p. 303.}…; collection Hermitage, Petersburg;{Von Falke 1936, p. 52, no. K.99.}…; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 52, no. K. 99.} 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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