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An Afro-Portuguese ivory from Ksar es-Seghir, Morocco
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 822-824
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Author:
Afonso, Luís Urbano (Afonso, Luís Urbano)
Author:
Gomes, Mário Varela (Gomes, Mário Varela)
Subjects
dates:
Sixteenth-century
media:
Ivories
places:
Morocco / Portugal / Benin / Africa
subjects:
African sculpture / African / Portuguese / Carvings / Ivories / Spoons / Saltcellars / Oliphants / Forks / Pyxes
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Fragments of a Bini-Portuguese spoon or fork. 1525–50. Ivory, length c.7.6 cm. (From C. Redman: Qsar es-Seghir: An Archaeological View of Medieval Life, Orlando 1986, p.130).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Technical drawing based on Fig.1. (J. Gonçalves).
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Spoon. Bini-Portuguese, 1525–50. Ivory, length 26 cm. (Welt Museum, Vienna).
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Spoon. Bini-Portuguese, 1525–50. Ivory, 22 cm long. (Musée du Quai Branly, Paris).
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An Early Silver Pyx from North Brabant
03/1953 | 600 | 95
Pages: 99-101
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Author:
Oman, Charles (Oman, Charles; Oman, Charles Chichele; O., C. C.; Oman, C. C.; Oman, Charles C.)
Subjects
artists:
Amsterdam, Hans van, act. 1535–65
artists:
Geverts, Willem, Silversmith, act. 1550 ca.
dates:
1500-1599
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Netherlands / 's-Hertogenbosch
subjects:
Dutch / Silverwork / Metalwork / Pyxes
subjects:
Marks (metalwork)
subjects:
s Hertogenbosch silver
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
81. Pyx. Bois-le-Duc, 1562. Silver Parcel Gilt, Height 9 cm, Diameter 7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Attributed works:
82. The Last Supper. Detail of Fig.81 Enlarged.
Attributed works:
83. Christ Holding Pillar. Detail of Fig.81 Enlarged.
Attributed works:
84. The Fall of Manna. Detail of Fig.81 Enlarged.
Attributed works:
85. Abraham and Melchizedek. Detail of Fig.81 Enlarged.
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The Swinburne Pyx
12/1950 | 573 | 92
Pages: 337-341
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Author:
Oman, Charles (Oman, Charles; Oman, Charles Chichele; O., C. C.; Oman, C. C.; Oman, Charles C.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Swinburne family
collectors and dealers:
Swinburne, T. R.
dates:
1300-1349
places:
England / France
subjects:
Metalwork / Silverwork / Basse-taille / Enamels
subjects:
Silverwork / Pyxes
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Visual sources
subjects:
Patronage
subjects:
Christian iconography / Mary, Virgin / Jesus Christ
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
10. Agnus Dei. Outside of bottom of the Swinburne Pyx.
Western art unattributed:
2. Virgin and Child. From MS. Dd. 4.17. (University Library, Cambridge.)
Western art unattributed:
3. Nativity. From MS. Dd. 4.17. (University Library, Cambridge.)
Western art unattributed:
4. Virgin and Child with St. Christopher. From MS. 53 'The Peterborough Psalter' (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.)
Western art unattributed:
5. Nativity. From MS. 53 'The Peterborough Psalter'. (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.)
Western art unattributed:
6. The Swinburne Pyx. Silver, Height 2.9 cm.; diam. 5.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum.) 7. Virgin and Child. Top of Cover of the Swinburne Pyx. 8. Nativity. Inside of Cover of the Swinburne Pyx.
Western art unattributed:
9. Head of Christ. Inside of bottom of the Swinburne Pyx.