The original antique brass alms Bowl decorated in the center with Adam & Eve in thr garden of Eden with the snake around the tree with the forbidden fruits. (Genesis 3: 1-8) On the right the door with two hinges to paradise.
Literature:
Nuernberger Beckenschlaegerschuesseln Klaus Tiedemann:
Page.45 Fig 33g (Scharnieren van Paradijs-poort herkenbaar)
Page.46 Holtzschnitt 33j (Schedelse Weltchroniek Nürnberg 1493, gespiegeld)
Page.124 Text Xb "EWISHNBIRAH"
MESSING - Hermann P. Lockner : Soortgelijke afbeeldingen Page. 63
Koper & Brons Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - Onno ten Kuile: Fig.224 - Page 167.
Germany - Nuremberg,
Circa 1500.
Height: 7 cm. (2,8 inches.)
Diam. 28 cm. (11 inches.)