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Kunsthistorisches Museum
Cellini Salt Cellar by Benvenuto Cellini 1543
It was created in the Mannerist style of the late Renaissance and allegorically portrays Terra e Mare.[2] In Cellini's description, the sea was represented by a male figure reclining beside a ship for holding the salt; the earth he "fashioned like a woman" and placed a temple near her to serve as a receptacle for pepper.[3][4] The salt cellar is made of ivory, rolled gold, and vitreous enamel. The gold is not cast in a mould but hammered by hand into its delicate shape. It stands about 26 cm tall. The base is about 33.5 cm wide and features bearings to roll it around in order to appreciate it better.
The sculpture is insured for an estimated $60 million (approx. $68.3 million in CPI-adjusted 2012 United States dollars[5]) by Uniqa Insurance Group, an Austrian insurance company.
- Wikipedia
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Cellini Salt Cellar by Benvenuto Cellini 1543
It was created in the Mannerist style of the late Renaissance and allegorically portrays Terra e Mare.[2] In Cellini's description, the sea was represented by a male figure reclining beside a ship for holding the salt; the earth he "fashioned like a woman" and placed a temple near her to serve as a receptacle for pepper.[3][4] The salt cellar is made of ivory, rolled gold, and vitreous enamel. The gold is not cast in a mould but hammered by hand into its delicate shape. It stands about 26 cm tall. The base is about 33.5 cm wide and features bearings to roll it around in order to appreciate it better.
The sculpture is insured for an estimated $60 million (approx. $68.3 million in CPI-adjusted 2012 United States dollars[5]) by Uniqa Insurance Group, an Austrian insurance company.
- Wikipedia