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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 view
ClassificationsMetalwork
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.
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second half of 15th century (?)
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mid 6th–7th century
Restricted
late 13th–14th century
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second quarter of 12th century
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6th–8th century
Statuette of Saint John
second half of 13th century
Relief of the Virgin
third quarter of 12th century
Unidentified artist, German
late 15th century (?)