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Small lidded beaker
Lost Art-ID
208366
Artist / Creator
Title
Small lidded beaker
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Ivory
Height
9.00 cm
Diameter
3.40 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 32
Description
High relief around the circumference: the four continents personified by three female figures - Europe with sceptre and crown; Asia with pointy turban and censer, flanked by a camel and an elephant; Africa with parasol and ring; America with crown of feathers, and holding weapons and natural produce in her hands.
Literature / Source
Inventar 1830, fol. 8v, Nr. 44; Inventar 1858, Bd. I, Kap. XXV, Nr. 169; Aldenhoven Plastik, Elfenbein Nr. 32
Published since
Contact
Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein
Gotha
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
Germany
Phone
0049 (0) 03621 8234-0
Fax
0049 (0) 03621 8234-290
Contact
Dr. Tobias Pfeifer-Helke
Position
Stiftungsdirektor
Phone
+49 (0) 621-8234 100
Contact
Dr. Timo Trümper
Position
Kustode für Gemälde und Plastik
Phone
+49 (0) 3621 8234 553
Contact
Ronny Licht
Position
Provenienzforscher
Phone
+49 (0) 3621-82 34 329
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