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Covered Bowl in the Shape of a Duck
(Baroque Europe )
This dazzling carved, polished and engraved covered bowl is amusingly shaped as a duck and would have been judged by contemporaries as a triumph of artifice in the imitation of nature in such an unlikely and difficult material. Contemporaries would also have admired the virtuosity of the execution, not only in the carving but in the engraving of the feathers. By 1600, the skills in carving rock crystal associated with the workshops of Milan were also found at the courts of central Europe.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Prince Baucino, Palermo; Jacques Seligmann, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1971-1972 | World of Wonder. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 9/12/1963 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Italy
(Place of Origin)
Germany (Place of Origin)
Measurements
6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914
Location in Museum
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
41.75