Shell-shaped Bowl, so-called Dragon Bowl
ca. 1565/1570 | Gasparo Miseroni
Gasparo Miseroni (ca. 1518–1573) established the period’s foremost workshop for precious stone vessels in Milan. The outstanding value of the stones and the skill required to cut them – mastered only by a handful of virtuoso artists – made them some of the most highly prized objects in princely Kunstkammer collections of the 16th and 17th centuries. Emperor Maximilian owned over 60 such works; extant records show that some of them are the work of Gasparo Miseroni
Gasparo Miseroni (ca. 1518–1573) established the period’s foremost workshop for precious stone vessels in Milan. The outstanding value of the stones and the skill required to cut them – mastered only by a handful of virtuoso artists – made them some of the most highly prized objects in princely Kunstkammer collections of the 16th and 17th centuries. Emperor Maximilian owned over 60 such works; extant records show that some of them are the work of Gasparo Miseroni
Artist:
Gasparo Miseroni (um 1518 Mailand - 1573) DNB
Time:
ca. 1565/1570
Object Name
Vessel; Bowl
Culture
Milan
Material/technology:
Lapis lazuli, gold, enamel, rubies, emeralds, pearls, garnets
Dimensions:
H. 17,2 cm, L. 18,9 cm, B. 10,9 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 1851