ECL-Bn.14:38-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.14:38-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Bowl 'ex Turcica gemma' set with precious stones
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
A large bowl with dedications above and below. The bowl is roughly hemispherical, but its shape at the rim is more oval. Beneath the rim runs a frieze of square panels in sets of three: in the central panel is a rosette, while in the flanking panels are set gems in three rows of three. Beneath each group of panels, also in a panel an animal runs to left.
Engraved on right: Adolphus Gaab delin.
Above: Vas ex Turcica gemma in S. Marci thesauro Venetiis/ asservatum, aureo circulo coronatum/ distincto Pyropis, Smaragdis et Saphiris.
Beneath: EMIN.MO AC REV.MO PRINCIPI D.D. PETRO S.R.E. CARDINAILI OTHOBONO VICECANCELLARIO.
In the panel at the bottom the dedication continues in the usual way. Its says the bowl was brought 'ex gaza Constantinopolitana' and finishes with the phrase 'Ex collectione Gulielmi Talman'
Engraved on right: Adolphus Gaab delin.
Above: Vas ex Turcica gemma in S. Marci thesauro Venetiis/ asservatum, aureo circulo coronatum/ distincto Pyropis, Smaragdis et Saphiris.
Beneath: EMIN.MO AC REV.MO PRINCIPI D.D. PETRO S.R.E. CARDINAILI OTHOBONO VICECANCELLARIO.
In the panel at the bottom the dedication continues in the usual way. Its says the bowl was brought 'ex gaza Constantinopolitana' and finishes with the phrase 'Ex collectione Gulielmi Talman'
Content (object)
bowl
Dimensions
height (actual size): 346mm
width (actual size): 484mm
width (actual size): 484mm
Inscription
40 written in ink on the back of the engraving
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Gaab, Adolphus (Engraver)
Date
c.1716