Tankard ca. 1585 Bohemian, Prague (Czech Republic) This tankard, a type of drinking vessel popular during the Renaissance period, was primarily a magnificent display object. Such treasury pieces signified their owners’ social graces at important events, tempering more blatant messages of wealth and conspicuous consumption. The sophisticated play of textures; the daring juxtaposition of ornamented chased and pierced areas with zones of light-catching rock crystal is extraordinarily original. The tankard was made in the workshops of the Prague court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, a patron who
Tankard ca. 1585 Bohemian, Prague (Czech Republic) This tankard, a type of drinking vessel popular during the Renaissance period, was primarily a magnificent display object. Such treasury pieces signified their owners’ social graces at important events, tempering more blatant messages of wealth and conspicuous consumption. The sophisticated play of textures; the daring juxtaposition of ornamented chased and pierced areas with zones of light-catching rock crystal is extraordinarily original. The tankard was made in the workshops of the Prague court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, a patron who adored luxurious lapidary work and Tankard. Bohemian, Prague (Czech Republic). ca. 1585. Silver, gilded silver, cast, embossed, engraved, and chased, rock crystal, garnets. Metalwork-Silver In Combination
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