Heart-shaped flask

16th C, mounts ca. 1580

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Artwork Details

Overview

Exhibition History

Title: Heart-shaped flask
Date: 16th C, mounts ca. 1580
Culture: Gujarat (?), with Iberian mounts
Medium: Tortoiseshell from the hawksbill turtle (eremochlys imbricate), silver
Dimensions: 10 3/8 × 9 1/16 × 2 15/16 in. (26.3 × 23 × 7.5 cm)
Classifications: Metalwork, Natural Substances
Credit Line: Kunstkammer, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts