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Pal Horti
Jewelry coffer, 1899-1900Bronze, enamel, silver, niello, woodl. 16 in. (41 cm) - h. 9 1/2 in. (24 cm) - d. 9 1/2 in. (24 cm)Unique pieceFurther images
COLLECTION OF THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTSCOLLECTION OF THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTSProvenance
Presumably designed for the mayor of Budapest Jànos Halmos - (...) - German private collection, Nuremberg, until 2021 - Sold by Hermann Histori- ca Auction, Grasbrunn, Munich, 26th May 2021, lot 158 (listed as a XIXth century Vienese casket).
Exhibitions
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900 - The coffer was presented in the Salon of the Mayor of Budapest alongside the Esplanade des Invalides in the Hungarian section.
Literature
G. Kàlmàn, ‘Az iparmüveszet a pàrisi kiàlliàson’, in Magyar Iparmüvoszet 3, number 5 (September 1900), illustrated page 289 - G. Malkowsky, Die Pariser Weltausstellung in Wort und Bild, Berlin, 1900, illustrated page 486.
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