Candlestick in the shape of dragon
13th–14th century
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueLatten (79.8% copper, 15.1% zinc, 3.2% tin, 1.9% lead)
Dimensions7.6 x 10 x 4.1 cm (3 x 3 15/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number49.464
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
Provenance1888, Dr. Otto Ernst Julius Seyffer, Stuttgart; March 14, 1888, Seyffer sale, H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, lot 98. Dr. Albert Figdor (b. 1843 - d. 1927), Vienna; September 29, 1930, posthumous Figdor sale, Paul Cassirer, Berlin, lot 455, sold for M 950 to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P7324); October 18, 1930, half-share sold to Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; March 11, 1940, half-share sold by Arnold Seligmann, Rey back to Brummer (stock no. N4354); April 21, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 283, to the MFA for $160. (Accession Date: May 12, 1949)
10th–11th century
late 12th–early 13th century
second half of 15th century (?)
about 1500
about 1500
late 14th–15th century
about 1500 or 17th century
mid 6th–7th century