Parcel-gilt silver quatrefoil cup
Medium/TechniqueParcel-gilt silver
DimensionsHeight x width: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.)
Credit LineCharles Bain Hoyt Fund
Accession number2019.1789
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSilver-gilt
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1953, Carl Kempe (b. 1884 – d. 1967), Ekolsund, Sweden [see note]; 1967, by inheritance to his daughters, Veronica Kempe Bjorling and Diana Kempe Tolstoy, Ekolsund; 1998, sold by Veronica Kempe Bjorling and Diana Kempe Tolstoy to Anders Welandson, Ulricehamn, Sweden; about 2008, sold by Welandson to a group of investors, Singapore; May 14, 2008, Kempe collection (consigned by the Singapore investors) sale, Sotheby’s, London, lot [53], to Sheik Saud, Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani (b. 1966 – d. 2014), Qatar and London; September 12, 2019, Kempe collection (descendants of Sheik Saud) sale, Christie’s, New York, lot [554], sold to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2019)
