Snake Plays with Pearl (Schlange spielt mit Perle) Bangle
Artist
Bernhard Schobinger(Swiss, born 1946)Swiss, born 1946
CultureSwiss
Titles
- Snake Plays with Pearl (Schlange spielt mit Perle) Bangle
Date1995
MediumIron, gold, cultured pearl, black diamonds, malachite, and cinnabar.
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 2 7/8 × 3/8 in. (7.6 × 7.3 × 1 cm)
Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2002.4066
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 206
On view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"Feuer über Wasser," Museum Baviera, Zürich, November 23, 1996–January 31, 1997.
"Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 30, 2007–January 27, 2008; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, March 14–July 6, 2008; Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, August 16, 2008–January 4, 2009; Tacoma Art Museum, Washington, June 27–September 13, 2009.
"Liquid Lines: Exploring the Language of Contemporary Metal," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 7–July 18, 2010.
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Bernhard Schobinger
1999
750 white and yellow gold, glass, turquoise, lapis lazuli, and diamonds
2002.4067.A,.B
Kadri Mälk
2013
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2025.558
Unknown Indonesian
Late 19th–early 20th Century
Gold alloy, bronze alloy, rubies, diamonds, and garnets
2004.2262
Samuel Gassman
2023
Tiara: Iron, platinum, enamel on copper, 19th century neoclassical helmet shell cameos, pink conch shell cameo, 19th century malachite cameo, 19th century hard stone cameo, shell, ebony, rose quartz, citrine, opal, garnet, sea glass, aquamarine, amethyst, gold, natural pearls, tigers eye, 19th century cut steel, silk, cotton velvet, and silk floss
Box: Archival foam core, Magic Smooth resin, cotton gauze, silk, cotton velvet, silver, metallic bullion ribbon, paper, cotton damask c. 1900, silk damask c. 1850, 18th century linen, cotton thread, and silk floss
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Bernhard Schobinger
1994
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Bernhard Schobinger
2000
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Alice H. Klein
1984
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2002.3857
J. Weisager
mid 20th century
Gold, diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, rubies, and pearls
96.1325
Bernhard Schobinger
2005
Plastic, pearls, silver, and cobalt
2025.613