Caption

Nautilus Cup. Shell cup on a four-part profiled foot that transitions into a knobbed foot decorated with flowers. The shaft is formed as a figure of a man holding a halberd, standing on a decoration of volute silver ribbon; the motif is repeated at the base of the cup. The rim of the shell is framed in silver and topped with a figure of a nude woman with her right hand raised, probably once holding a now-missing element. Case included. Baroque style, masterpiece; 2nd half of the 17th century, Central Europe. Materials: shell and silver. Subject: men, women, shell shape. Function: vessel. Dimensions: height 37 cm, width 17 cm, depth 18 cm., An ornate object consisting of a large, iridescent shell with pearly shades of pink, green, and cream mounted on a gilded metal stand; the shell bowl shows swirling nacre tones and a smooth glossy surface, with a metallic rim. The stand is gold-colored with sculpted floral and leaf motifs on a rounded base, a fluted stem rising to a decorative platform of curled metal elements, and a slender vertical support featuring a small human-like figure in gold holding the shaft; another small gold figure stands atop the shell. The background is a smooth neutral gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A10_180

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75.4Mb (1.3Mb) / 14.7in x 20.0in / 4395 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Nautilus Cup Shell cup four-part profiled foot transitions knobbed foot decorated flowers shaft formed figure man holding halberd standing decoration volute silver ribbon motif repeated base cup rim shell framed silver topped nude woman right hand raised holding now-missing element Case included Baroque style masterpiece 2nd half 17th century Central Europe Materials Subject men women shell shape Function vessel Dimensions height 37 cm width 17 cm depth 18 cm ornate object consisting large iridescent shell pearly shades pink green cream mounted gilded metal stand shell bowl swirling nacre tones smooth glossy surface metallic rim stand gold-colored sculpted floral leaf motifs rounded base fluted stem rising decorative platform curled metal elements slender vertical support featuring small human- gold holding another small gold figure stands atop background smooth neutral gray.