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Book Review
The Wyvern Collection: Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Metalwork. By Paul Williamson
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 974-975
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Reviewer:
Dectot, Xavier (Dectot, Xavier)
Subjects
artists:
Buglioni, Benedetto / Ferrucci, Andrea di Piero / Morel, Jacques / Riemenschneider, Tilman
dates:
0200-0299 / 0300-0399 / 0400-0499 / 0500-0599 / 0600-0699 / 0700-0799 / 0800-0899 / 0900-0999 / 1000-1099 / 1100-1199 / 1200-1299 / 1300-1399 / 1400-1499 / 1500-1599
media:
Sculpture / Wood sculpture / Stone / Marbles / Alabaster carvings / Metalwork / Reliefs
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Europe
subjects:
Collections, Private / Catalogues / Attribution / Dating / Identification / Provenance / Patronage / Commissions / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Radiocarbon dating / Art market / Medieval / Early medieval / Late medieval / Byzantine art / Baroque / Rococo / Boxwood / Porphyry / Busts / Sarcophagi / Polychromy / Aquamanilia / Copper
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Head of an apocalyptic elder. Western French (Parthenay), c.1160, with restorations. Limestone, height 31.5 cm. (Wyvern Collection).
Book Review
Lions, Dragons, & Other Beasts: Aquamanilia of the Middle Ages, Vessels for Church and Table
12/2006 | 1245 | 148
Pages: 851
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Reviewer:
Williamson, Paul (Williamson, Paul)
Subjects
dates:
1100-1199 / 1200-1499 / 2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, New York, United States
print:
Aquamanilia
print:
Vessels
subjects:
Aquamanilia / Medieval / Ceremonial vessels / Vessels / Ecclesiastical / Collections, Public / Exhibition catalogues / Bronzes / German
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Lions, Dragons, & Other Beasts: Aquamanilia of the Middle Ages, Vessels for Church and Table | editor: Barnet, Peter , editor: Dandridge, Pete
Article
A Romanesque Aquamanile in the Form of a Dragon
04/1950 | 565 | 92
Pages: 102-105
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Author:
Meyer, Erich (Meyer, Erich)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1249
places:
Germany / France / Lorraine / Saxony
subjects:
Aquamanilia / Ceremonial vessels / Terracottas / Ceramics
subjects:
German sculpture / French sculpture / Romanesque
subjects:
Iconography / Animals / Mythical animals / Dragons
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Dragon Aquamanile, from Lower Lorraine, about 1220. Bronze. Height, 34.5 cm. Length, 33.4 cm. (Private collection.)
Western art unattributed:
10. Another View of the Dragon Aquamanile Reproduced in Figs. 1 and 9.
Western art unattributed:
11. Detail of Fig. 1. Medallion on the Right Wing.
Western art unattributed:
12. Detail of Candlestick from the Abbey of Postel. Made in Lower Lorraine, about 1200. Bronze. Height, 143 cm. (Musće du Cinquantenaire, Brussels.)
Western art unattributed:
8. Dragon Aquamanile. From Lower Saxony, Probably Hildesheim. Bronze. (Reinhart Collection, Winterthur.)
Western art unattributed:
9. Another View of the Dragon Aquamanile Reproduced in Fig. 1.
Article
The Munich Exhibition of Mohammedan Art-I
08/1910 | 89 | 17
Pages: 283-285+288-290
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Author:
Fry, Roger E. (Fry, Roger E.; Fry, Roger (R. F.; R. E. F.); F., R. E.; Fry, R. E.; F., R.; F.)
Subjects
dates:
0700-0799
dates:
1910-1919
places:
Middle East / Egypt / Iran / Syria
places:
Germany / Munich
subjects:
Islam / Muslim / Decorative arts / Exhibitions / Metalwork / Byzantine art
subjects:
Ceramics / Fatimid / Fatimid pottery syles
subjects:
Sassanian / Assyrian / Influence
subjects:
Islamic
subjects:
Bronzes / Aquamanilia
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
(1) Plate in Silver Relief Sassanid Art. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. The Munich Exhibition of Mohammedan Art. Plate I
Non-western art unattributed:
(2) Plate in Silver Relief Sassanid Art. Hermitage, St. Petersburg. The Munich Exhibition of Mohammedan Art. Plate I
Non-western art unattributed:
(3) Bronze Aquamanile, Late Sassanid, Collection of Prince Bobrinsky, St Petersburg. The Munich Exhibition of Mohammedan Art. Plate II
Non-western art unattributed:
(4) Bronze, Central Asian, 8th-9th Century. Collection of Prince Bobrinsky. The Munich Exhibition of Mohammedan Art. Plate II
Non-western art unattributed:
Bronze Aquamanile in Form of Horse, 8th-9th Century, Collection of Prince Bobrinsky. The Munich Exhibition of Mohammedan Art. Plate II
Non-western art unattributed:
Lion, Fatimite Art of Cairo. Kassel Museum. The Munich Exhibition of Mohammedan Art. Plate II