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| Keywords: German - Covered Tankard with the Olympian Gods - Walters 71470.jpg Along with its associations with distant lands and gigantic beats the round shape of the elephant tusk which is hollow at the base made ivory a popular material for carved cups and tankards to be used and admired as luxury goods especially by wealthy Germans The subjects of the reliefs are usually classical permitting lightly draped gods and goddesses sensuously interpreted in the creamy smoothly polished ivory that appeals to the touch as well as to the eye The goal was a composition running seamlessly around the vessel Instead of a single story this artist depicts pairs of Olympian gods including Jupiter and Juno in affectionate relationships garments and gestures gracefully leading the eye to the next couple between 1685 1700 Baroque carved ivory gilt on silver cm 32 4 7 2 accession number 71 470 7171 Jacques Seligmann Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 Ivory The Sumptuous Art The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1983-1984 place of origin Augsburg Germany Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
