id:			153764
accession number:	1987.61
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.61
updated:		2022-01-04 17:03:42.760000

Bowl with Engraved Figures of Vices, 1150-1200. Germany, Gothic period, 12th century. Bronze: spun, hammered, chased, and punched; overall: 6.1 x 29 cm (2 3/8 x 11 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1987.61

title:				Bowl with Engraved Figures of Vices
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creation date:			1150-1200
creation date earliest:		1150
creation date latest:		1200
current location:		106C Medieval Treasury
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Germany, Gothic period, 12th century
technique:	bronze: spun, hammered, chased, and punched
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Metalwork
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 6.1 x 29 cm (2 3/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	at the center of the bowl is a standing female figure with engraved identification: "SVPERBIA" (Pride); along the inner curvature are four bust-length figures with engraved names: "IDOLATRIA" (Idolatry), "INVIDIA" (Envy), "IRA" (Anger); and "LVXVRIA" (Self-Indulgence).
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Rainer Zietz, Ltd., London).
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wall description: 
At the center of this bowl stands a female figure identified as SUPER[BI]A (pride). Represented along the curvature are four more bust-length figures: [I]DOLATRIA (idolatry), INVIDIA (envy), IRA (anger), and LUXURIA (self-indulgence). Bowls of this type were likely produced in medieval Germany and widely traded throughout northern Europe. Because of the moralistic symbolism employed in their iconographic programs, it has been suggested that such bowls were used in monasteries for hand washing during penitential activities. More recently, it has been suggested that they served as teaching aids for rhetorical instruction in medieval classrooms.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. <em>The Middle Ages in 50 Objects</em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 72-75; Reproduced: p. 73
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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.61/1987.61_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.61/1987.61_full.tif