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Horn with Animals in Vine Scrolls   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
Horn with Animals in Vine Scrolls
Description
English: Ivory horns, called oliphants, were made to represent the horn of St. Hubert, patron saint of hunters. They were used as hunting, drinking, or military signal horns and also as symbols of the transfer of power or property. Beginning in the 12th century, oliphants were often transformed into reliquaries and preserved in church treasuries. This example is decorated with the mixture of Byzantine, Islamic, and western motifs characteristic of the art of southern Italy at this time.
Date 11th century
date QS:P571,+1050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
(Middle Ages
era QS:P2348,Q12554
)
Medium ivory
medium QS:P186,Q82001
Dimensions 23 × 56 × 10.3 cm (9 × 22 × 4 in)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
71.234
Place of creation south Italy
Object history
  • Duke of Brunswick [Guelph Treasure]
  • General in the service of the Duke of Brunswick [date of acquisition unknown], by gift
  • Widow of the General [date of acquisition unknown], by inheritance [history from the Duke of Brunswick through the widow's sale of the piece is according to the dealer Heilbronner of Berlin]
  • antiquities dealer in Berlin
  • Henri Daguerre, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • 1926: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history World of Wonder. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1971-1972. Ivory: The Sumptuous Art. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1983-1984. The Taste of Maryland: Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1926
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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