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Source Description
The exterior of this piece is intricately carved in low relief with a figure of a mounted nobleman and heraldic lions among leaf rinceaux. The cup terminates in a carved bust. This intriguing drinking cup is installed in the Chamber of Wonders with objects from Asia and Africa. Seventeenth-century collectors often could not be sure where objects obtained from sea captians and traders actually came from. We don't know where this piece was made. Do you?
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Document identity
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34052
label
Carved Ram's Horn Cup with Lions and Mounted Rider
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object
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1
Source metadata
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34052
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object
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normalized
title
Carved Ram's Horn Cup with Lions and Mounted Rider
description
The exterior of this piece is intricately carved in low relief with a figure of a mounted nobleman and heraldic lions among leaf rinceaux. The cup terminates in a carved bust. This intriguing drinking cup is installed in the Chamber of Wonders with objects from Asia and Africa. Seventeenth-century collectors often could not be sure where objects obtained from sea captians and traders actually came from. We don't know where this piece was made. Do you?
provenance
Henry Walters, New York; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, New York, May 1, 1941, no. 1025; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
date
1500-1700 (?) (Early Modern)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Pearl, Horn, Coral & Shell
drinking horns
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 1/4 in. (8.26 cm)
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med
carved horn (ram)
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5172
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EAN
exhibition_ids
1994
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1
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0
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photo
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