猿文杯

南ネーデルラント

On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 14

貴族の食卓用として作られ、現存する中世のエナメル製の杯の逸品のひとつであるこの作品は、人間の愚かさを扱った身近な逸話を題材としています。眠っている商人から猿の群れが物を盗み、下のほうでは、猿に着物を剥ぎ取られても起きない商人が描かれています。他の猿は、盗みを終えて枝の上で戯れています。この珍しいグリザイユのエナメルの技巧は、現存する他の数点の作例でも見られ、いずれもブルゴーニュ地方の公爵の邸宅と関連付けられています。

Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish

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Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish
Beaker with Apes, Silver, silver gilt, and painted enamel, South Netherlandish

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