!["Gekrönte Häupter und Vajra" [Crowned Heads and Vajra] Bracelet and Box](/internal/media/dispatcher/296722/preview)
Artist
Bernhard SchobingerSwiss, born 1946
CultureSwiss
Titles
- "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)
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
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
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.
"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.
"CHR.DEIS / UHREN, GOLD & SILBERWAREN / STÄFA (ZÜRICH)" is printed on a tag in the corner of the box.
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Unknown Chinese
1736–1796
.A Ceramic with gold filigree and turquoise inset
.B Ceramic with gold filigree and lapis lazuli inset
2013.462.A,.B
Unknown Chinese
1736–1796
.A Ceramic with gold filigree and turquoise inset
.B Ceramic with gold filigree and lapis lazuli inset
2013.463.A,.B
!["Schlange spielt mit Perle" [Snake Plays with Pearl] Armpiece](/internal/media/dispatcher/296873/thumbnail)
Bernhard Schobinger
1995
Iron, gold, cultured pearl, black diamonds, malachite, and cinober fragments
2002.4066
