Makara-shaped Pendant, anonymous, c. 1600

Identification

Title(s)

Makara-shaped Pendant

Object type

Object number

AK-RBK-17524

Description

Hanger van bergkristal en goud, bezet met robijnen. De hanger heeft de vorm van een makara en is eigenlijk een fluitje.

Creation

Artist

goldsmith: anonymous

Place

Goa

Dating

c. 1600

Material and Technique

Physical features

rock crystal, gold, sapphire, ruby

Material

Measurements

height 8 cm × width 10.5 cm × depth 1.8 cm

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1960

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

..; collection Hermitage, Petersburg;{Von Falke 1936, p. 23, no. K. 34.}…; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 23, no. K.34.} purchased from his estate, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Aziatische weelde : VOC-kunst in het Rijksmuseum, p. 31, afb. 14
Aziatische kunst, cat.nr. 17
Asian art, cat.nr. 17
Asian Splendour : company Art in the Rijksmuseum, p. 31, afb. 14
Goa and the great Mughal, Jorge Flores, Nuno Vassallo e Silva, p. 116-133
The jewels of India, Susan Stronge, p. 53-62
Hoofse snuisterijen uit India, Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer, p. 21, cat.nr. 20
The Indian heritage : court life and arts under Mughal rule, Robert Skelton, cat.nr. 298
Art of Islam, Carel J. Du Ry, p. 255
Sichergestellte Kunstwerke in den besetzten niederländischen Gebieten : [Sammlung Mannheimer], p.57, cat.nr. Taf.87
Katalog der Sammlung F[ritz] M[annheimer], P.23, cat.nr. K.34
De verborgen wereld : Nederland en India vanaf 1550, Jos Gommans, p. 202, afb. 3.29
The unseen world : the Netherlands and India from 1550, Jos Gommans, p. 202, ill. 3.29
Jóias "de ouro e pedrinhas do Ceilao" / Jewels "in Gold and Stones from Ceylon", N. Vassallo e Silva
Asia in Amsterdam : the culture of luxury in the Golden Age, cat.nr. 14a
Jan Fontein, 'De vroege jaren van de vereniging: lezing nieuwjaarsbijeenkomst 2005', Aziatische Kunst 35/2 (2005), pp. 2-20.
H. Trnek en N. Vassello, The Portuguese Discoveries and the Renaissance Kunstkammer, Lissabon (Caluste Gulbenkian Museum), Wenen (Kunsthistorisches Museum), 2001.
Führer Peter-Gallerie, 1901, p. 99, nr. 53.

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