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Statuette of Confucius
Lost Art-ID
602362
Artist / Creator
Title
Statuette of Confucius
Dating
1764 (vor); 1801/1815 (Fassung)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Sapphire ; Metal (Silver) ; Glass ; Metal (Gold) / cut ; painted ; gilded
Measures
Pedestal: height 4.5 cm, width 5.2 cm
Height
7.00 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 179
Description
Chinese sapphire statuette on a gilded silver pedestal studded with coloured glass.
Provenance
According to a note in the 1858 inventory, the statuette was acquired by duke Friedrich II. with the collection of the count of Schwarzburg for the sum of 2000 reichtalers. Extant in the Kunstkammer since at least 1764, probable loss after 1945, whereabouts unknown.
Literature / Source
Inventar 1764, fol. 23r, Nr. 139; Inventar 1830, fol. 4r, Nr. 62; Inventar 1858, Bd. I, Cap. III, 15. Saphir, fol. 83r, Nr. 287; Aldenhoven Geräth und Schmuck, II Edelstein, fol. 140r, Nr. 179
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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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