CHALICE MADE OF GILT COPPER AND PARTIALLY GILT SILVER.
Toskana.
16th century.
Gilt copper; partially gilt silver.
Wide twelve-foil foot with profiled frame and engraved palmettes and volutes on the upper side.
Six-sided rising from the middle and merging into the correspondingly shaped shaft via a frill. Sturdy nodus with six round silver rotuly; originally probably covered with glass; with depictions of 'Ecce Homo'; Mary; John; St. Lucia; Saint with
Olive branch and saint with palm branch. The small bowl basket decorated with alternating engravings of stylized plants and volutes. The upper edge bent.
Smooth; conically rising bowl with gilt interior.
Measurement: Height 20cm.
Mark: Without detectable marks.


Provenance:
- Sebastiano Bernava Antichit? Arezzo.
- Collection Giovanni Raspini.
- Private collection southern Germany.

Literature:
Sabbadini Sodi; Chiara: Oreficerie Toscane Medioevali e Rinascimentali Nella Collezione Raspini; Firenze 2009.
The goblet described and illustrated in detail on p.42f. Here also a detailed explanation regarding the place of origin and dating of the chalice.
Art trade; Van Ham.