Double Mazer Cup

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Artist Unknown German

CultureGerman

Titles

Double Mazer Cup

Datec. 1475–1500

PlaceGermany

MediumWood, copper-gilt, and champlevé enamel

Dimensionsoverall: 8 3/16 × 6 15/16 inches (20.8 × 17.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Laurence H. Favrot Bequest

Object number71.11

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

204 Tatkon Gallery

Exposé

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

VESSELS

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, A Permanent Heritage: Major Works from the Collection, October 23, 1980-January 4, 1981
Published References Sale catalogue of Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1930, Die Sammlung Dr. Albert Figdor - Wein J. L. Schrader, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Bulletin, "Recent Acquisitions: A Fifteenth Century North German Cup", March 1972, vol. III, no. 1, pp. 2-5, illustrated p. 3 and on the cover. Henrich Kohlhaussen, Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst des Mittelalters und der Dürerzeit 1240 bis 1540, Deutscher Verlage für Kunst Wissenschaft Berlin Kurt Rossacher, "Der Schatz des Erzstiftes Salzburg, Ein Jahrtausend deutscher Goldschmiedekunst", Residenz Verlag The Middle Ages, Treasures from the Cloisters and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles County Museum of Art January 18-March 29, 1970; The Art Institute of Chicago, May 16-July 5, 1970 Emily Genaur, "An Ingenious Idea for Bringing Art and the Public Together", The Houston Post, November 14, 1971 Peter Marzio, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: A Permanent Legacy, Hudson Hills Press, New York, 1989, p. 116, illus. p. 117

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