CIRCA 1400, GERMANY OR SWITZERLAND

細節

A rare Medieval 'nuppenbecher' of Schaffhausen-type
Circa 1400, Germany or Switzerland
Of densely seeded pale-green metal, the cylindrical body decorated allover with applied prunts beneath an applied trailed thread and everted rim, with kick-in base and applied dentilled footring (extended crack through footring and base of bowl)
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high

來源

Lenbach Collection.
Anon., sale Sotheby's, 30 June 1980, lot 183.

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品專文

This unusually well-preserved beaker stands in date and development 'between' the examples which have been excavated at Corinth, for a discussion of which see Gladys Davidson Weinberg, 'A Medieval Mystery: Byzantine Glass Production', Journal of Glass Studies, vol. XVII, 1975, pp. 127-141, the fragments of prunted wares which have been found in the Central Balkans, see Vera Han, 'The Origin and Style of Medieval Glass found in the Central Balkans, op. cit., pp. 114-126, and the later fifteenth and sixteenth century krautstrunk and berkemeyer produced throughout the German-speaking lands.

The name 'Schaffhausen-type' is derived from the original place of discovery, the site of a former monastery near Schaffhausen. Cf. Rademacher 1933, pls. 34 and 35; Baumgartner/Krueger 1988, pp. 211-217, nos. 192-204; Baumgartner 1987, pp. 48-49, nos. 17-21 and Henkes 1994, p. 45, pls. 10.1 and 10.2.