Presentation Bowl

between 1660 and 1670

Balthasar Griessmann Austrian, 1620-1706

On View

British Decorative Arts, Level 3, South Wing

Presentation Bowl: 1 of Collection Gallery

Presentation Bowl: 2 of Collection Gallery

Presentation Bowl: 3 of Collection Gallery

Presentation Bowl: 4 of Collection Gallery

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About the Artwork

Title Presentation Bowl

Artwork Date between 1660 and 1670

Artist Balthasar Griessmann

Life Dates 1620-1706

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Austrian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Ivory

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

Classification Sculpture

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

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

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1998.10

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Provenance

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)

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Published References

European Works of Art, Arms, and Armour, Furniture and Tapestries. Sales cat., Sotheby's. New York, June 14, 1996, no. 73.

European Sculpture and Works of Art. Sales cat. Julius Bohler. 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].

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Credit Line for Reproduction

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.