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Chalice,
ca. 1350–75
Richly decorated with gilding and enamel medallions, this chalice held consecrated wine during the Eucharist, the liturgical climax of the Mass that reenacts Christ’s actions at the Last Supper. At this meal with his disciples on the eve of his Crucifixion, Christ blessed and distributed bread and wine as his body and blood.
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ca. 1350–75
Europe, Italy, Siena
Otto H. Kahn (1867-1934); Mrs. Otto H. Kahn (Addie Wolff Kahn, 1875-1949)/Mogmar Art Foundation [1]; Joseph Brummer (1883-1947) by 1936 [2]; his sale [Part II], Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 14, 1949, Lot 723.
[1] The Mogmar Art Foundation housed part of Kahn's collection after his death.
[2] Brummer initially took the object on consignment from Mrs. Kahn/Mogmar before his gallery purchased it outright in 1943.
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Parke-Bernet Galleries. 1949. Part II of the notable art collection belonging to the estate of the late Joseph Brummer, sale code 1069. 11-15 May 1949, New York.
, no. 723 - Marvin J. Eisenberg, "A late fourteenth-century chalice", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 10, no. 1 (1951): p. 3-11., fig. 1, p. 4 (illus.); fig. 3, p. 6 (illus.); fig. 5, p. 7 (illus.)
- Allen Rosenbaum and Francis F. Jones, Selections from The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1986), p. 252 (illus.)
- Reflections of the passion: selected works from the Princeton University Art Museum: March 9-June 9, 2002, (New York: Princeton University Art Museum, 2002)., cat. no. 6
