Engraved bowl
last third of 12th–first third of 13th century
Object PlaceNorthern, Germany
Medium/TechniqueBronze (93.5% copper, 5.2% tin, 1.3% lead, trace of zinc)
DimensionsDiam: 27.4 x 5.3 cm (10 13/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number49.481
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
Provenance1901, found in the Rhine near Cologne [see note 1]. By 1905, Robert Becker, Cologne. Albert Figdor, Vienna (b. 1843 - d. 1927); September 29, 1930, posthumous Figdor sale, Paul Cassirer, Berlin, lot 438, sold for M 1,600 to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P7318); May 12, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 391, to the MFA for $70. (Accession Date: May 12, 1949)
NOTES:
[1] Anton C. Kisa, "Die gravierten Metallschüsseln des XII. und XIII. Jahrhunderts," Zeitschrift für christliche Kunst 8 (1905): 235. At this time the bowl was in the possession of the Cologne art dealer Robert Becker.
NOTES:
[1] Anton C. Kisa, "Die gravierten Metallschüsseln des XII. und XIII. Jahrhunderts," Zeitschrift für christliche Kunst 8 (1905): 235. At this time the bowl was in the possession of the Cologne art dealer Robert Becker.
second half of 15th century (?)
mid 6th–7th century
late 13th–14th century
14th century
second quarter of 12th century
about 1220–30
6th–8th century
second half of 13th century
third quarter of 12th century