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Coupe van Rossig-Bruin Chalcedon, decorated with gold and email, anonymous, c. 1500 - c. 1600 Cockel, foot, trunk and chalice of rossy use chalcedone with lid and frame of gold decorated with enamel cloisonne and precious stones. Russia chalcedony. gold (metal). precious stone (material). sapphire (mineral) Cockel, foot, trunk and chalice of rossy use chalcedone with lid and frame of gold decorated with enamel cloisonne and precious stones. Russia chalcedony. gold (metal). precious stone (material). sapphire (mineral)
Coupe van Rossig-Bruin Chalcedon, decorated with gold and email, anonymous, c. 1500 - c. 1600 Cockel, foot, trunk and chalice of rossy use chalcedone with lid and frame of gold decorated with enamel cloisonne and precious stones. Russia chalcedony. gold (metal). precious stone (material). sapphire (mineral) Cockel, foot, trunk and chalice of rossy use chalcedone with lid and frame of gold decorated with enamel cloisonne and precious stones. Russia chalcedony. gold (metal). precious stone (material). sapphire (mineral)
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Goldsmith's art, France, 16th century. Heliotrope bowl with enamelled gold lid set with rubies. Height 10.9 cm.Jar. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.Cake Dish 1730 Hozan. Cake Dish 48804Pair of candlesticks, anonymous, c. 1710 - c. 1725 FaaMence candlestick, multi -colored painted, with square shaft and round candle holder on octagonal base. Decorations in red, blue, green black and gold on white soil. Delft . FaaMence candlestick, multi -colored painted, with square shaft and round candle holder on octagonal base. Decorations in red, blue, green black and gold on white soil. Delft .Covered Platter 1785-90 Chinese, for American market This object belongs to a large dinner service (10.149.1-.248) bearing the Townley family coat-of-arms. The service, probably ordered by Justice Samuel Chase (1741-1811) of Annapolis, Maryland, displays the enamel-painted arms of Margaret Townley, Chase's aunt.. Covered Platter 2436Coupe van Rossig-Bruin Chalcedon, decorated with gold and email, anonymous, c. 1500 - c. 1600 Cockel, foot, trunk and chalice of rossy use chalcedone with lid and frame of gold decorated with enamel cloisonne and precious stones. Russia chalcedony. gold (metal). precious stone (material). sapphire (mineral) Cockel, foot, trunk and chalice of rossy use chalcedone with lid and frame of gold decorated with enamel cloisonne and precious stones. Russia chalcedony. gold (metal). precious stone (material). sapphire (mineral)Cake Dish. Artist: Hozan (). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); Diam. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm). Date: 1730. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Teapot ca. 1725 Meissen Manufactory German. Teapot 207204Unknown, vase with lid. Porcelain. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Scent bottle ca. 1760-80 British, Staffordshire. Scent bottle. British, Staffordshire. ca. 1760-80. Copper, enamel. Enamels-PaintedCover for a Potpourri Vase, c. 1810. Derby (Crown Derby Period) (British). Porcelain; diameter of mouth: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.); overall: 15.1 cm (5 15/16 in.); container: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.).Covered Jar With Chinese Ladies on a Terrace and Finial in the Shape of a Shishi. Drum shaped porcelain lid pot with handles in the form of sample heads, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze red, black and gold. On the wall of the pot two scenes: two Chinese ladies (long likes) with two servants in a fenced garden at a pavilion, one has a rabbit in her arms, the other a range; The other side is with four musicing ladies in a fenced garden. Around the foot and edge of the lid a bond with balls in relief; the lid with a border napkin; The button in the form of a, later in Europe painted, shishi (lion dog). Blue White.Tea Canister. Staffordshire, England. Date: 1780. Dimensions: 15.2 x 10.2 x 8.3 cm (6 x 4 x 3 1/4 in.). Lead-glazed earthenware (creamware). Origin: Staffordshire. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Ding crap; 18th century (1701-00-00-1799-00-00);Two-handled cup with cover 1725-30 Meissen Manufactory German. Two-handled cup with cover 206016Sugar Bowl, Meissener porcelain manufactory, c. 1725 - c. 1730 Elongated, octagonal sugar box made of painted porcelain. The wall is vaulted and is painted with alternating flowers and kneeling or sitting Höroldt Chinese at a table or a fire. The profiled lid is painted with two Höroldt Chinese with a head in hand, sitting on the floor in a garden. The lid has an octagonal button. The sugar box is marked. Float porcelain Elongated, octagonal sugar box made of painted porcelain. The wall is vaulted and is painted with alternating flowers and kneeling or sitting Höroldt Chinese at a table or a fire. The profiled lid is painted with two Höroldt Chinese with a head in hand, sitting on the floor in a garden. The lid has an octagonal button. The sugar box is marked. Float porcelainTea caddy with a crowned, illegible monogram surrounded by two flower sprays, anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1774 Cover of porcelain tea lid with four times lobed wall and edge and four short feet, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. The lid button in the form of a shishi (lion dog); On the lid of flower vines and cartouches with landscapes or flower branches. European performance in email colors. China porcelain. glaze. gold (metal) painting / gilding / vitrification Cover of porcelain tea lid with four times lobed wall and edge and four short feet, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. The lid button in the form of a shishi (lion dog); On the lid of flower vines and cartouches with landscapes or flower branches. European performance in email colors. China porcelain. glaze. gold (metal) painting / gilding / vitrificationFreiburg im Breisgau 17th Century, Covered Cup with Serpent Handle, c 1620 1630 Freiburg-im-Breisgau 17th Century (cup, cover, probably foot, finial with serpent; Probably Italian 16th Century (stem); Western European 19th Century (mounts), Covered Cup with Serpent Handle, c. 1620/1630 (all but stem and mounts); late 16th century (stem); late 19th century (mounts), rock crystal and enameled gold, Widener Collection 1942.9.297A mug from the end of the silver setting; 1700-30 (1700-00-00-1730-00-00);Strauss, Max (1869-1927) - collection, Szwarc, Szymon (1884-197) - collection, bears, hunting, dogs, regency (ornament), hunting scenes, purchase (provenance)Perfume Burner And Cover (France); Manufactured by Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory (France); glazed soft-paste porcelain; The John Jay Ide Collection; 1977-52-30-a,bTeapot with cover. Culture: German, Meissen with Augsburg decoration. Decorator: Decorated by the Hausmaler Sabina Aufenwerth (German, active Augsburg). Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 6 1/16 x 6 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (15.4 x 17.5 x 9.8 cm). Factory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710-present). Date: ca. 1719-30.The complex design of this teapot, in which a man holds a dolphin that forms the spout and the handle is composed of two entwined figures, epitomizes the Baroque style. This model seems to have been produced at Meissen for a short time, and most surviving examples were decorated outside the factory. It is possible that the factory decided the form was too old-fashioned and sold existing, undecorated models to independent porcelain painters known as Hausmalers. This teapot was decorated at the Aufenwerth workshop in Augsburg. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Tea caddy with a crowned, illegible monogram surrounded by two flower sprays, anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1774 Cover of porcelain tea lid with four times lobed wall and edge and four short feet, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. The lid button in the form of a shishi (lion dog); On the lid of flower vines and cartouches with landscapes or flower branches. European performance in email colors. China porcelain. glaze. gold (metal) painting / gilding / vitrification Cover of porcelain tea lid with four times lobed wall and edge and four short feet, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. The lid button in the form of a shishi (lion dog); On the lid of flower vines and cartouches with landscapes or flower branches. European performance in email colors. China porcelain. glaze. gold (metal) painting / gilding / vitrificationLidded Vase, Meissener porcelain manufactory, c. 1730 - c. 1735 Hexagonal vase with lid, made of painted porcelain. Along the foot, a band with shaded triangles runs in gold. On the ribs of vase and lid, leaf vines are painted in gold that run on the belly and come together on the shoulder in a rosette. On the six sides, major Höroldt chinoiseries were painted with, among others. A standing Chinese gives a woman sitting under a palm tree to drink something under a palm tree, on the right is a child. The vase is marked. Float porcelain Hexagonal vase with lid, made of painted porcelain. Along the foot, a band with shaded triangles runs in gold. On the ribs of vase and lid, leaf vines are painted in gold that run on the belly and come together on the shoulder in a rosette. On the six sides, major Höroldt chinoiseries were painted with, among others. A standing Chinese gives a woman sitting under a palm tree to drink something under a palm tree, on the right is a child. The vase is markedSugar bowl with insects, flower sprays and grapevines, Rue Thiroux Parijs, c. 1797 - c. 1798 service (set) Sugar bowl with porcelain lid with two modeled rings as a handle, painted on the glaze in email colors and gold. Decorated with colored insects (butterflies, beetles, dragonflies, etc.) and in gold flower branches and grape vines. Golden Rand. Round lid button. Marked on the underside 'GB/ Rue Thiroux/ à Paris'. Paris porcelain. glaze. gold (metal) painting / gilding / vitrificationTsun flower vase. Wolff, Karol (fl. ca 1800), company owner, Bielino (manufaktura fajansu ; 1779-1800), factory. Rectangular sugar box of painted porcelain. The box has beveled corners and a profiled foot edge. The lid has an octagonal knob and is painted with landscapes in which a chinese on one side is a chinese and on the other hand a seated piping Chinese. On the vaulted wall on the long sides, a höroldt chinoiserie is painted within a cartouche. The box has been marked.Lid, painted multi-colored with chinoiseries. Terrine lid with lid of painted porcelain. The lid ends in an artichoke. Het lid is decorated with four höroldt chinoiseries on consoles consisting of band, leaf and network with palmettes in gold.Square Bough Pot With Figures on a Terrace, Birds and Flower Sprays. Square flowerpot or vase of porcelain on spreading foot and upwards flared wall, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, purple, black and gold. The walls covered with napkin with curtailed cartouches formed in this with persons on a terrace for a pavilion or three birds on a branch; On the foot, browse a clear cartouche with birds and plants. Matching loose plate on the top with five holes for loose flowers, decorated with flower branches. Contemporary, silver ears. Broke plate; A crack in the vase. European forms with famille rose / mandarin.Covered jar with monster heads and gilded bands with ruyi motif, anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1799 Porcelain lid jar, the body upwards slightly walking out and with a round shoulder, covered with a monochrome -freaked gray glaze and on biscuit gold. A monster head with ring on either side of the pot; Around the foot, shoulder and neck a band with Ruyi motif, decoration in gilded biscuit. The lid with the same decoration; Lid button in the form of a gilt shishi (lion dog). Gilding flake. Monochrome. China (possibly) porcelain. glaze. gold (metal) gilding / vitrification Porcelain lid jar, the body upwards slightly walking out and with a round shoulder, covered with a monochrome -freaked gray glaze and on biscuit gold. A monster head with ring on either side of the pot; Around the foot, shoulder and neck a band with Ruyi motif, decoration in gilded biscuit. The lid with the same decoration; Lid button in the form of a gilt shishi (lion dog). Gilding flake. Monochrome. China (possibly) porcelaLidded Dish, anonymous, c. 1540 Cover scale of agate, oval, mounted with enamelled gold. In barrel and lid are shifted godrons, cut. Along the foot and lid edge narrow, enamelled golden edges; A volute button on the lid. Malib agate (chalcedony). gold (metal). Cover scale of agate, oval, mounted with enamelled gold. In barrel and lid are shifted godrons, cut. Along the foot and lid edge narrow, enamelled golden edges; A volute button on the lid. Malib agate (chalcedony). gold (metal).Manufacture of Sèvres. "Oil pot with celestial blue background". Tender porcelain, polychrome enamels. 1771-1771. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 101893-9 Blue, blue color, decor, animal decor, gilding, email, pheasant, bird, porcelain, pot, pot with an oiled, dishes, 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th centuryCup, painted with Chinese style figures, Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1730 Cup of painted porcelain. The cup is painted on both sides in gold with a scene with Chinese style figures on a console. The cup is not marked. porcelain company: MeissenAugsburg porcelain Cup of painted porcelain. The cup is painted on both sides in gold with a scene with Chinese style figures on a console. The cup is not marked. porcelain company: MeissenAugsburg porcelainAnonymous / 'Case for the Small Crystal Jug with children and Snakes on the Handle'. 1650 - 1711. Leather, Wood, Metal, Cloth. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.Bath Pail (Satl), c. 1580-1610. Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722). Cast brass, turned, engraved, inlaid with black compound (niello); overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.); diameter of base: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); diameter of rim: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.).Ninsei-style Incense Burner with Flowers of the Four Seasons. Artist: Workshop of Nonomura Ninsei (Japanese, active ca. 1646-94). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); W. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); D. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm). Date: mid-17th century.Ninsei wares, so named for their creator and produced in Kyoto in the second half of the seventeenth century, are known for their colorful overglaze and gold decorations, as well as their refined Kyoto-style patterns. Ninsei was one of the first Japanese potters to mark his pieces. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Ink set of multicolored painted faïence, anonymous, c. 1750 - c. 1775 Cover of ink set, with a lying man. Delft . Cover of ink set, with a lying man. Delft .Incense Burner, early 1400s. China, Yongle Period (1403-1424). Iron inlaid with gold and silver; overall: 16.5 x 15.2 cm (6 1/2 x 6 in.).Vase; around 1890-1900 (1801-00-00-1900-00-00);Small pomander with six sections first half 17th century possibly Dutch. Small pomander with six sections. possibly Dutch. first half 17th century. Silver, parcel-gilt. Metalwork-SilverTiered box China 16th century In the sixteenth century, there was a general decline in the quality of official wares in all media, including cloisonné. The enamels tend to be duller in color and the patterns appear to be less refined in comparison to the works from the previous century. In the last century of effective Ming-dynasty rule, official workshops were beginning to be run more like commercial enterprises with attention centered on productivity and efficiency. View more. Tiered box. China. 16th century. Cloisonné enamel. Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Wanli mark and period (1573-1620). CloisonnéCover of a big humpen, Anonymous, 1575 - 1599 Vaulted lid with two nodi and massive button. Painted in red, white, yellow, blue and green emails with leaf and flower ornaments. Bohemia glass glassblowing Vaulted lid with two nodi and massive button. Painted in red, white, yellow, blue and green emails with leaf and flower ornaments. Bohemia glass glassblowingTerrine with lid, painted multi-colored with a kakiemon decor. Oval terrine of painted porcelain. The terrine stands on four white claw legs above which a palm-like motif is embossed. The terrine has two ears. The button of the lid consists of a putto with a cornucopia from which flowers roll over the lid. The terrine and the lid are ribbed and painted with a tiger for a bamboo stalk and sprinkled Indian blums. The edges are decorated with the 'Altbrandenstein' pattern.Tankard, 1600s. Germany, 17th century. Silver; overall: 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.).Covered Bowl and Stand (Ecuelle de la toilette). Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory; French, founded 1740; Painted by Nicolas-Pierre Pithou (French, active 1759/60-1767, 1769-1795, 1814-1818). Date: 1784. Dimensions: Bowl and cover: H. 11.5 cm (4 9/16 in.); Bowl: L. 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.); Stand: diam. 27.5 cm (10 7/8 in.). Hard-paste porcelain, underglaze dark blue ground, black enamel, and gilding. Origin: Sèvres. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Manufacture nationale de Sevres.Pair of Vases (Vases with pearls gold vases with panels), Manufacture de Sèvres, c. 1771 Egg -shaped vase of multicolored painted porcelain, with a green stock. The vase has two flat handles and a lid. On the front is a medallion in which two soldiers and a woman at a table with vegetables and a dodo, a weapon trophy on the back. Sèvres porcelain. gilding (material). Egg -shaped vase of multicolored painted porcelain, with a green stock. The vase has two flat handles and a lid. On the front is a medallion in which two soldiers and a woman at a table with vegetables and a dodo, a weapon trophy on the back. Sèvres porcelain. gilding (material).Czarka; unpredictable Lona Manufaktura; 18th century (1701-00-00-1800-00-00);Bowl with cover (Écuelle) (part of a traveling set). Culture: French, Strasbourg. Dimensions: Overall (with handles): 4 1/2 × 11 5/8 in. (11.4 × 29.5 cm). Maker: Probably by Joachim-Frédéric Kirstein I (master in 1729); Probably by Johann Friedrich Krug (master in 1739). Date: ca. 1756. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Cup 19th century, after 17th century original British, after Russian original This electrotype is after a seventeenth-century original in the Chéréméteff collection, St. Petersburg, at the time of reproduction.. Cup 186559Vase (one of a pair) ca. 1761 Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory. Vase (one of a pair). British, Chelsea. ca. 1761. Soft-paste porcelain. Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744-1784). Ceramics-PorcelainBeaker with Apes ca. 1425-50 South Netherlandish One of the finest surviving examples of medieval enamel created for a princely table, this beaker was probably made for the Burgundian court. It illustrates a popular legend that remarks on the folly of man. A peddler is robbed by a band of apes as he sleeps. The peddler, seen just above the base, fails to stir even as the apes strip away his clothes. Other apes, having taken his goods, cavort in the branches overhead. The beaker, which originally had a cover, is decorated with "painted" enamel, so called because the material was applied freely over the silver, without the grooves that separate the colors in champlevé enameling or the incised patterns that provide guidelines for the application of translucent enamels. The unusual and adept grisaille (shades of gray) enamel technique is found on several other surviving objects, all of which have been associated with the courts of the dukes of Burgundy. Listen to experts illuminate this arVase lid. Porcelain lid. The loose lid has a hole in the middle around which five smaller ones. The lid has a "Jeu de Fond" ornament gold against a blue ground.Tea bus from 'canton email' with the weapon of the De Wendt family. Rectangular tea bus with a throm-shaped cap with the coat of arms of the Wendt family on the belly; Decorated in blue, pink-red, iron red, white and gold. On an asymmetrical shield, a fleur-de-lis and a red rose or flower bud are shown on a blue background. The helmet sign is also a fleur-de-lis and the cover consists of shells in Rococo style and leafwork. On the rest of the tea can, cartouches with flowering (peony) plants are in Chinese style. On all sides there is a decoration of leaf refinters and four (half) flowers on a green yellow background. On the top a trim of leaf raft.Drinking Cup. UnknownBengal Tiger' pattern plate, c. 1810, 1 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (2.86 x 24.45 cm), Porcelain with enamel decoration, China, 19th centuryÉcuelle with cover ca. 1690-95 Daniel Garnier. Écuelle with cover. British, London. ca. 1690-95. Silver gilt. Metalwork-SilverCup 1850-1870 Berlin. Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding . Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur in Berlin (Prussia)Salt shaker on the dragon; Next, Ludwik (1800 -1838); around 1840 (1836-00-00-1845-00-00);Banking Foundation Leopolda Kroneneberg (Warsaw - 1996-) - collection, gift (provenance), spices, spices (vessel), dragons, salt (vessel)Tureen with blue and ornamental borders, anonymous, c. 1800 Turen Terrine of porcelain on a high, spreading base and with two ears in the shape of a flower drink, painted on the glaze in blue and gold. The terrine is covered with blue, with saved on the edge a strap with a flower drink. The foot and ears are covered with gold. France porcelain. glaze. gold (metal) painting / gilding / vitrificationStanding Pyx. Spain, Barcelona, circa 1400. Furnishings; Accessories. Silver, enamelDish ca. 1745 Chinese, for Dutch market. Dish 202508Urn 1776-1777 Frankenthal. Hard-paste porcelain, black monochrome, and gildingCovered Bowl, c. 1899-1900. Auguste Delaherche (French, 1857-1940). Stoneware with metal mounts, silvered and gilded; overall: 19.7 x 14 cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.).Puzderko KlösterleUnknown, pair of vases with lid (title of the whole). Porcelain, polychrome enamels, gilding. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Tray Stand mid-14th century Similar stands were widely employed in the Mamluk period to host large rounded metal trays (such as 91.1.604), on which fruits and other food were displayed.The cup motif inlaid with copper stands out among the richly decoration of this tray. It was a blazon of the cupbearer, one of the differentiated offices of the court of the Mamluk sultans. The inscription reads Husain, son of Qawsun, who was cupbearer to Muhammad b. Qalawun (al-Malik al-Nasir) (1294-1340/41). Despite having been ousted after the sultans death, Qawsuns prestige must have endured, as his sons continued to use his emblem of the ringed cup set within a divided shield.The glass mosque lamp 17.190.991 was also made for him, as indicated by its inscription.. Tray Stand. mid-14th century. Brass; hammered and turned, chased, inlaid with silver, copper, and black compound, incised. Attributed to Egypt or Syria. MetalSnuff box with mars who says goodbye to Venus, while Amor tries to stop him, Laurence Hamond (attributed to), 1756 The scalloped box, with a straight back, has a hinged lid. The soil is surrounded by a profile edge. It contains a record, driven with an asymetrical, fantasy-building work that is decorated with rocailles and leaf vines. In the structure there is an asymmetrical vase, from which a flower garland descends, which is stopped by a boy with a flower basket. The wall of the box describes a faint s-curve and is driven on all sides with asymetric, irregularly shaped fields with representations on a roughed soil. The field at the front, with in the middle of a rocaille with volutes and leaf buds, shows two rabbits in a landscape with buildings and furthermore fruits and flowers. That at the rear shows two sheep in a similar landscape; On the left is a second, narrower field that follows the contour of the big follow, with a foam edge and flowers. On both sides two fields with flowSnuffbox 1751-52 Jean-François Garand In eighteenth-century Europe, Paris led the production of high-quality luxury goods. Parisian goldsmiths made a wide range of small, personal articles such as snuffboxes; étuis to hold sealing wax, tweezers, or utensils for sewing; souvenirs, which contained thin ivory tablets for note taking; and shuttles for knotting lace. Gold snuffboxes and boxes decorated with portrait miniatures were prized and frequently given as royal gifts, often to ambassadors or members of the court in lieu of cash payments for their services. Coveted and admired, these boxes were produced from a variety of materials. The best were skillfully made of gold and embellished with diamonds, enameled decoration, lacquer, and other luxurious materials. By the middle of the century, the taking of snuff had become an entrenched social ritual, and the snuffbox, too, had become an important social prop. Snuffboxes were considered highly fashionable accessories, with some merchants Ewer ca. 1350-80 (ewer); ca. 1400 (mounts) German or Rhenish A document from the 1500s tells of a search ordered by Emperor Charles IV (crowned at Rome 1355-died 1378) for semiprecious stones in the mountains northwest of Prague. A distinctive type of deep-red jasper, with large inclusions of amethyst and crystal, was found. Thousands of sheets of jasper still decorate the walls of Saint Vitus Cathedral and the chapels at Karlstejn castle built under the emperor's direction. Surviving from the same period are fewer than twenty jasper vessels made for the imperial court, among them this cup and ewer. The remains of the medieval mines are now a protected site within the Czech Republic. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #3185. Ewer Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as possible.. Ewer. German or Rhenish. ca. 1350-80 (ewer); ca.Cloisonne Pricket Candlestick, one of a pair, 18th century, 15 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (40 x 18.73 cm), Gilt bronze, enamel, China, 18th centuryTable Miniature; Italy; silver filigreeSauceboat from the Sulkowsky Service 1735-1738 Germany. This sauceboat is from a Meissen service made for Count Alexander Joseph von Sulkowsky, a Polish nobleman who joined the court of Augustus the Strong as a page and became a minister at the court of Friedrich Augustus II. Sulkowsky supervised the deliveries of Asian and Meissen porcelain to the Japanese Palace in Dresden, which was intended to house the most comprehensive collection of porcelain in Europe. Sulkowskyís close connection with the Meissen Manufactory led him to commission his own dinner service, Meissenís first privately commissioned armorial service. Each piece is decorated with Sulkowskyís coat of arms.. Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding . Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)Candlestick, one of a pair, 20th century, 6 15/16 x 3 1/16 x 3-1/16 in. (17.6 x 7.8 x 7.8 cm), Cloisonné, China, 20th centuryMusic’ vase with a lid (part of the triptych). Wąsowicz, Wacław (1891-1942), painterSugar bowl early 19th century British, Staffordshire. Sugar bowl. British, Staffordshire. early 19th century. Earthenware, lustered. Ceramics-PotteryThrone Leg in the Form of a Rampant Leonine Creature (yali or vyala) and Figures. India, Odisha (Orissa), 16th century. Furnishings; Furniture. Ivory; wood base with ivory veneer and lac-filled designsNautilus shell 19th century, after early 17th century original Franchi and Son This electrotype is after an early seventeenth-century original at Elkington's, London, at the time of reproduction, now in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amstersdam. It is one of the works depicted in the painting of the Yarmouth Collection, ca. 1660-70, from Norwich Castle Museum.. Nautilus shell 185859Octagonal box with "dragon pine". Culture: China. Dimensions: H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); Diam. 8 3/4 in.(22.2 cm). Date: dated 1595.The designer of this box transformed the pine tree, an emblem of longevity, into a fanciful dragon, the symbol of the emperor. This combination was probably used to subtly express a wish that the emperor would live as long as the pine tree. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Snuffbox ca. 1760-1800 British, Staffordshire. Snuffbox. British, Staffordshire. ca. 1760-1800. Enameled copper. Enamels-PaintedIncense box (from a set) 17th century Attributed to Hu Wenming Implements commonly used for burning incense included a box, a burner, a flat-bowled spoon and tongs, and a vase for storing these utensils. The burners are often modeled after archaic bronze vessels. Although it is not clear if the three Chinese objects displayed here (2015.500.6.22-.24) originally formed a set, all are inscribed with the name of the artist, Hu Wenming, and exhibit the same decorative technique.. Incense box (from a set) 39877Paten. Culture: German. Dimensions: 7/8 x 8 3/4 in. (2.2 x 22.2 cm). Date: ca. 1230-50.This paten is one of an ensemble containing some of the elements needed for the celebration of the Eucharist: the paten for the bread, the chalice to hold the wine (acc. no. 47.101.26), and, exceptionally, a straw to sip the wine (acc. no. 47.101.28). The paten includesa half-length figure of Christ holding a chalice and the Host. He is flanked by the Old Testament figures Abel, offering a lamb, and Melchisedech, clad as a bishop and raising a chalice. The fourth figure on the paten is Saint Trudpert, who holds a martyr's palm, indicating that this set of implements comes from the monastery of Saint Trudpert, near Freiburg im Breisgau. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Vase (vase hollandois nouveau ovale) (one of a pair) (part of a set) 1763 Sèvres Manufactory French This model of vase is made in two parts. The flared upper section would have contained earth for growing plants; the lower section held water. Small holes in the base of the upper section allowed the water to be absorbed. These two vases formed a garniture with the slightly earlier vase, "vase Boileau" (50.211.158a, b), and were owned by Prince Henry of Prussia.. Vase (vase hollandois nouveau ovale) (one of a pair) (part of a set). French, Sèvres. 1763. Soft-paste porcelain. Ceramics-PorcelainCup and Saucer. Bohemia, Czech Republic. Date: 1820-1830. Dimensions: Cup: 8.4 × 8.6 cm (3 5/16 × 3 3/8 in.)Saucer: 1.5 × 16.8 cm (9/16 × 6 5/8 in.). Glass; black, blown and gilded. Origin: Bohemia. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Przeszo Przyszoci unknownPair of candlesticks 1730-35 Vienna The design of these candlesticks, with a baluster-shaped stem rising from a low domed base, was one of the most common in earlyeighteenth-century Europe and was taken from examples in silver. It is unclear whether the two candlesticks were made as part of a table or toilet service or to accompany a desk set. Few porcelain candlesticks survive, largely because of the fragility of the medium.. Pair of candlesticks 207120Turban Helmet late 15th century Western Iranian, in the style of Turkman armor Helmets of this type are usually called turban helmets because of their large bulbous shape and the flutings that imitate the folds of a turban. Because certain dervish groups wore turbans wound with a prescribed number of folds to represent an important mystical number, it is likely that turban helmets were regarded not merely as armor but also a kind of religious insignia, their very shape marking the wearer as a fighter in the Holy War.Turban helmets, together with mail-and-plate armor of matching decoration, were intended for the heavy cavalry and are recorded as early as the fourteenth century. This example appears to have belonged to the dynasty of the Aq Quyunlu(White Sheep Turkoman) that ruled northwestern Iran and Anatolia in the fifteenth century. The inscriptions, damascened with gold and silver, glorify temporal rulers, wish the owner well, or give advice on how to attain virtue.. Turban Helmet Snuff box of gold, oval and completely occupied with brilliants on a surface of green émail, on the lid a performance, Jean George, c. 1763 - c. 1764 Snuff box of gold, oval, all the way with brillants set against green email. On the lid a medallion with a love couple in multicolored email. Paris gold (metal). silver (metal). diamond (mineral). copper (metal) Snuff box of gold, oval, all the way with brillants set against green email. On the lid a medallion with a love couple in multicolored email. Paris gold (metal). silver (metal). diamond (mineral). copper (metal)Vase (one of a pair). Culture: British, Chelsea. Dimensions: Height: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm). Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1745-1784). Date: ca. 1765-70. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Birchbark Pail. Probably Penobscot; Maine, United States. Date: 1755-1765. Dimensions: 35.6 x 34.3 x 27.3 cm (14 x 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.). Birchbark. Origin: Maine. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Vase (Ballon vase), Manufacture de Sèvres, 1771 Spherical vase of multicolored painted porcelain, with a green stock. The vase is on a foot, has two bent, volute -shaped ears and a lid. On the front there is a medallion within which soldiers in a tent camp, card playing on a drum, a weapon trophy on the back. The vase is marked. Sèvres porcelain. gilding (material). Spherical vase of multicolored painted porcelain, with a green stock. The vase is on a foot, has two bent, volute -shaped ears and a lid. On the front there is a medallion within which soldiers in a tent camp, card playing on a drum, a weapon trophy on the back. The vase is marked. Sèvres porcelain. gilding (material).Pair of Vases. UnknownStanding cup 1866-80 Austrian. Standing cup. Austrian. 1866-80. Rock crystal, silver gilt () and enamel. Natural Substances-Rock CrystalDish ca. 1500-1510 Italian, Deruta. Dish. Italian, Deruta. ca. 1500-1510. Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware). Ceramics-PotteryVase with cover. Artist: After a painting by Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, Chur 1741-1807 Rome). Culture: British, Chelsea-Derby. Decorator: Landscapes probably by Zachariah Boreman (1738-1810); Figures probably by Robert Askew. Dimensions: Height: 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm). Manufactory: Derby Porcelain Manufactory (British, Chelsea-Derby period, 1769-1784). Date: ca. 1775. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Chasse with Christ in Majesty and the Lamb of God. Culture: French. Dimensions: Overall: 8 11/16 x 9 1/4 x 4 3/16 in. (22 x 23.5 x 10.7 cm). Date: ca. 1180-90.This chasse served as a container for saints' relics--often bones or pieces of cloth. The chasse depicts Christ in Majesty surrounded by saints on the lower front and the Lamb of God, emblematic of Jesus, flanked by angels on the sloping roof. Access to the sacred contents was through the locked door on one end. It shows Saint Peter, called by Jesus to be the keeper of the keys of heaven, as the guardian of the box's holy relics.Note the wonderfully varied designs of the columns and the saints' haloes, the exceptional translucent red, the scrolling pattern of the gilded ground, and the blue enamel that defines hair, brows, digits, and sinews. The design of the back simulates a costly silk textile. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Table, Silver filigree, Rectangular hinged top, opens when knob at front is pressed. Console legs joined by an oblong stretcher with incurved edges. Small ball feet., Italy, mid-19th century, miniatures, Decorative Arts, Miniature, Miniaturegift (provenance), Japanese (culture), Japanese artKnottekist of gilded silver. Walls and lid openly with flower and leaf work., Roeloff Pietersz. van Vriese (attributed to), 1820 The rectangular chest has a roasted, hinged lid and rest on four baluster -shaped legs. Profiled edges walk along the lower and top of the box and along the bottom of the lid. The walls and lid are opened and then driven in relief with a decoration of flowers and leaves. There are two dancing putti on the lid. On their shoulders they wear a branch on which a grape voucher hangs. At the front there is a keyhole with a round hole on either side. Probably a final plate was originally attached there. On the underside of the smooth inner box is engraved Augt "5th" 1820. This New Lining Weighing 7 Oz: 17DWZ: For An Old Tea Chest, or Unknown Assay is Allowed to Be Added to the Same Without Solder. silversmith: Amsterdamsilversmith: London silver (metal) gilding / engraving The rectangular chest has a roasted, hinged lid and rest on four baluster -shaped legs. ProfilJug (England); glazed stonewareCloches (dish covers), coolers, soup tureens, sauceboats, salt cellars, pepper and, mustard pots. A confidante of the Russian empress commissioned this 140-piece service, several items of which are displayed here. Silversmith Odiot, the painter Prudhon and the architect Cavelier proudly presented the new models at the 1819 French national exhibition of decorative art.Notable are the kneeling angels supporting the soup tureen, which are characteristic of the late Empire style.Brazier of Sultan al-Malik al-Muzaffar Shams al-Din Yusuf ibn 'Umar. Dimensions: H. 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm)W. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)Max Depth. 16 3/8 in. (41.6 cm). Date: second half 13th century.Braziers served as portable grills and heaters. The lionheaded knobs with rings provided receptacles for handles to transport the heated unit, while the confronted dragon heads on each side functioned as spit brackets. The names and honorifics mentioned in the monumental inscription identify the patron, the second ruler of the Rasulid dynasty (r. 1250-95). His dynastic emblem, a five-petalled rosette upon a circular shield, features prominently on both sides of each corner bracket. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.