Presentation Bowl, between 1660 and 1670

  • Balthasar Griessmann, Austrian, 1620-1706

Ivory

  • Overall: 4 3/4 × 6 1/8 × 4 5/16 inches (12.1 × 15.6 × 11 cm)

Founders Society Purchase; General Membership Fund, gift of Edsel B. Ford by exchange

1998.10

On View

  • British Decorative Arts S333
  • British Decorative Arts S333

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

June 14, 1996, (Sotheby's, New York, New York, USA) lot 73

1997, (Julius Böhler, Munich, Germany) and (Anthony Blumka New York, New York, USA)

1998-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

European Works of Art, Arms, and Armour, Furniture and Tapestries. Sales cat., Sotheby's. New York, June 14, 1996, no. 73. Böhler, Julius. European Sculpture and Works of Art. Sales cat. Munich, 1997, n.p. [as Lidded Bowl on Foot]. Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Works of Art. Sales cat., Blumka Gallery. New York, 1997, n.p. [as Presentation Bowl and Cover].

Balthasar Griessmann, Presentation Bowl, between 1660 and 1670, ivory. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase; General Membership Fund, gift of Edsel B. Ford by exchange, 1998.10.