Vessel in the Shape of a Fish

ca. 1590-1600 (Renaissance)

29.2 cm 18.9 cm

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Such a refined object could have found a place either on the banquet table of a noble household or in a collection of masterpieces in rock crystal. Dolphins with entwined tails support the fish, while the wavy patterns on the base represent flowing water. During the late Ren...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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