Bowl
1800-1819 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Wine bowls such as this were made throughout the Caucasus, a vast region encompassing present-day Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, and part of northern Russia. They are sometimes called hunting bowls, as many feature stags, hares or other hunted animals. On this example, the central figure is surrounded by a cockerel, a leaping stag, a dog and a lion.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silver, parcel-gilt |
| Physical description | The bowl embossed and chased with an evangelist in the central medallion, a cockerel, a leaping stag, and 2 doglike creatures [one of them a lion?] in the border medallions. Caucasian parcel gilt hunting bowl (saint). |
| Gallery label | Silver Gallery:
A central figure is surrounded by a cockerel, leaping stag, dog and lion.(26/11/2002) |
| Credit line | Given by Edmond de Beers through The Art Fund |
| Object history | Acquisition RF: 82/1392 Gift of Edmond de Beers via N.A.C.F. Bought by owner's father in Greece in 1908. |
| Production | Russia or Greece? |
| Summary | Wine bowls such as this were made throughout the Caucasus, a vast region encompassing present-day Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, and part of northern Russia. They are sometimes called hunting bowls, as many feature stags, hares or other hunted animals. On this example, the central figure is surrounded by a cockerel, a leaping stag, a dog and a lion. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.78-1982 |
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| Record created | February 9, 2004 |
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