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Austria
end of the 15th century
Silver, gilt, casting, engraving
height 19.3 cm, cup diameter 10 cm, base diameter 12.3 cm
A late Gothic chalice with a round base, which has the Crucifixion scene and one coat of arms on each side (Austrian and of an unidentified town) applied to it. At the romboid protrusions of the node a Gothic inscription 'ihesus', and on the rings engraved in German 'Maria hilf uns' (below) and 'Maria Mater Christi' (above) the node.
Chalice originates from the church of St Mary in Ostarije, where it probably came as a votive gift. The parish priest Ivan Stimac sold it in 1903 to the National Museum with the approval of bishop Maurovic.
S. Pavicic, Peristil, No. 37, 1994, pages 27 to 32.
Restored in 1994 and 1995 by Maja Velicogna Novoselac.
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