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Chalice

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A gilt chalice, the foot engraved with leaf patterns and an encircled cross; the hexagonal-section stem decorated with engraved archways and brickwork design, separated in the centre by an elaborately pierced knop; the calyx in the form of cast trilobate stylized leaves.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Jos te Water Mulder in memory of Aalzen te Water Mulder
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Title: Chalice
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A gilt chalice, the foot engraved with leaf patterns and an encircled cross; the hexagonal-section stem decorated with engraved archways and brickwork design, separated in the centre by an elaborately pierced knop; the calyx in the form of cast trilobate stylized leaves.

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