Lidded Cup with Ostrich Egg
ca. 1570/75 | Clement Kicklinger
This display piece shows an ostrich on a coral base, carrying on its back its own, enormous egg. The African who leads it on a chain emphasizes the exotic origin of the natural object, which enjoyed high regard as a curative, between medicine and magic. The horseshoe in the bird’s beak refers to the ostrich’s purported ability to digest even iron.
This display piece shows an ostrich on a coral base, carrying on its back its own, enormous egg. The African who leads it on a chain emphasizes the exotic origin of the natural object, which enjoyed high regard as a curative, between medicine and magic. The horseshoe in the bird’s beak refers to the ostrich’s purported ability to digest even iron.
Artist:
Clement Kicklinger (Meister 1561 - 1617 Augsburg)
Time:
ca. 1570/75
Object Name
Vessel; Lidded Cup
Culture
Augsburg
Material/technology:
Ostrich egg, coral, silver, partially gilded and painted
Dimensions:
H. 56,8 cm
Stamp / markings
Augsburger Pyr (SEL 12); R 3, Nr.355 (SEL 735a)
Seling 2007: MZ 735a, BZ 0070 (verwendet 1559-1586)
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 897
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