Bowl
1500-1600 (made)
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The elaborate engraved decoration on this bronze bowl is typically found on Venetian metalwork. It was influenced by the objects Venetian merchants brought back to the city when trading with the Turkish and Arab empires that bordered the Mediterranean.
The decoration on Venetian brasswork was extensive. It was usually engraved, as here, and often covered the entire surface of an object. It featured the arabesque pattern of intricate scrolling motifs based on a stylised plant with a winding stem and floral patterns, such as those used here.
Italian artists studied and copied the new style of decoration and by about 1550 it was beginning to influence designers all over Europe.
The decoration on Venetian brasswork was extensive. It was usually engraved, as here, and often covered the entire surface of an object. It featured the arabesque pattern of intricate scrolling motifs based on a stylised plant with a winding stem and floral patterns, such as those used here.
Italian artists studied and copied the new style of decoration and by about 1550 it was beginning to influence designers all over Europe.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brass, engraved and silver-inlaid |
| Brief description | Middle East, Metalwork. Bowl with rounded base, brass with engraved and silver-inlaid decoration of horizontal registers of foliate scrollwork, cruciforms and strapwork against dense foliate scrolls, with radial design on the base, possibly Egypt or Syria, 1500-1650 |
| Physical description | Bronze bowl, engraved with floral ornament partly encrusted with silver. |
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| Summary | The elaborate engraved decoration on this bronze bowl is typically found on Venetian metalwork. It was influenced by the objects Venetian merchants brought back to the city when trading with the Turkish and Arab empires that bordered the Mediterranean. The decoration on Venetian brasswork was extensive. It was usually engraved, as here, and often covered the entire surface of an object. It featured the arabesque pattern of intricate scrolling motifs based on a stylised plant with a winding stem and floral patterns, such as those used here. Italian artists studied and copied the new style of decoration and by about 1550 it was beginning to influence designers all over Europe. |
| Bibliographic reference | Sylvia Auld, Renaissance Venice, Islam and Mahmud the Kurd. A metalworking enigma, 2004, no.2.55, p.181. |
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| Accession number | 1522-1888 |
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| Record created | March 6, 2003 |
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