# Ten-passed Basin with Head of Medusa

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MISERONI, Gasparo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/miseroni-gasparo-r01b12b145607c6>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Chalcedony, set in enamelled gold, height 12 cm, diameter 32 cm

## Commentary

The thinly ground wall, which in translucence ideally accentuates the beauty of the brown-violet-white colouring of the chalcedony, fans out in ten spiraled passes. In each narrow retraction between the passes there is an external canted rod, decorated with a small leaf motif at its juncture with the border of the upper lip. In the centre of the swirl within the basin sits a round medallion with a grotesque masque, a representation of the head of Medusa. The monolith basin was given a decorative yet conservative support by an unknown Milanese goldsmith who also collaborated with Miseroni on additional works.

## Related artworks

- [Bowl in the Shape of a Shell](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/miseroni-gasparo-r01b12b145607c6/bowl-in-the-shape-of-a-shell-rca204db63f787a>)
- [Dragon Bowl](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/miseroni-gasparo-r01b12b145607c6/dragon-bowl-r1977332c40af31>)
- [Lidded Bowl in Prase](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/miseroni-gasparo-r01b12b145607c6/lidded-bowl-in-prase-rc54ac6eb1051a2>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)