The consummate works of an anonymous French artist, this flask and another in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. no. 14.25.1491) are made of polished antler, and expertly carved at the front. Whereas the latter sports the heraldic arms and personal emblem of its noble owner, this flask features a scene from the Old Testament, David's victory over the giant Goliath. As is often the case, the metal mountings that would have capped the flasks’s extremities are now lost.
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Credit Line:Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2014
Object Number:2014.191
George Kemp, 1st Baron Rochdale, Rochdale, England (until d.1945); his widow, Lady Beatrice Mary Egerton, Cumbria, England (1945–60); by descent to their eldest son, Brigadier John Durival Kemp, 2nd Baron Rochdale then 1st Viscount Rochdale, Lingholm, England (1960–93); by descent to his eldest son, St John Durival Kemp, 2nd Viscount Rochdale, Lingholm, England (1993–2013; The Lingholm Collection sale no. 393A, Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, October 22, 2013, no. 21, for £3,000, to an art dealer); [Finch & Co., London, until 2014; exhibited at the Brussels Antique & Fine Art Fair, Brussels, January 25–February 2, 2014; sold to an art dealer]; [art dealer, Munich, 2014; sold to MMA].
Lyon & Turnbull. The Lingholm Collection. Edinburgh: Lyon & Turnbull, October 22, 2013. p. 28, no. 21, ill.
Nickel, Helmut, William Reid, Ian Eaves, Mario Scalini, Claude Gaier, Álvaro Soler Del Campo, Jean-Pierre Reverseau, Jan Piet Pyupe, Donald J. La Rocca, Jeffrey Forgeng, Jonathan Tavares, Dirk H. Breiding, Pierre Terjanian, and Ronald S. Lauder. The Armorer's Art: Essays in Honor of Stuart Pyhrr, edited by Donald J. La Rocca. Woonsocket, Rhode Island: Andrew Mowbray Inc. – Publishers, 2014. pp. 153–154, fig. 14.
Terjanian, Pierre. "A French Renaissance Powder Flask in the Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art." In The Armorer's Art: Essays in Honor of Stuart Pyhrr. Woonsocket, Rhode Island: Andrew Mowbray Inc. – Publishers, 2014. pp. 153–154, fig. 14.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Recent Acquisitions: A Selection: 2014–2016." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (Fall 2016), p. 35, ill.
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