Bernhard Schobinger
"Gekrönte Häupter und Vajra" [Crowned Heads and Vajra] Bracelet and Box

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Artist Bernhard Schobinger (Swiss, born 1946)Swiss, born 1946

CultureSwiss

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"Gekrönte Häupter und Vajra" [Crowned Heads and Vajra] Bracelet and Box

Date1999

Medium750 white and yellow gold, glass, turquoise, lapis lazuli, and diamonds

DimensionsOverall (Bracelet): 3/4 × 2 7/16 × 1/4 in. (1.9 × 6.2 × 0.6 cm)
Overall (Box): 2 × 9 11/16 × 4 1/2 in. (5.1 × 24.6 × 11.4 cm)

Credit LineHelen Williams Drutt Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation

Object number2002.4067.A,.B

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Helen Williams Drutt Collection of Contemporary Studio Jewelry

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceThe artist; acquired by Helen Williams Drutt English, 2001; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Alles Schmuck," Museum fur Gestaltung, Zürich, September 23, 2000–January 14, 2001.

"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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

"B.S. 19/99" is painted in white ink on the bottom of the box.
"GE KRóNTE / HAUPTER UND / VADRA" in black ink written on the lid of the box.

The panels on the bracelet read "Vorsichb / Gift," "Attention / Poison," and "Attenzione / veleno" in the green glass.

"CHR.DEIS / UHREN, GOLD & SILBERWAREN / STÄFA (ZÜRICH)" is printed on a tag in the corner of the box.

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