Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 18. (Budapest, 1999)

New acquisitions 1998

Purchased with funds won in a National Cultural Foundation competition, 1998 Inv. No.: 98.127 Ring: "Renaissance" Mátyás Pataki, Budapest, 1997-98 Silver with polished chrysolite and socalled Hungarian jasper; cast, chased, rivetted Diameter: 4 x 4 cm The lower part of the ring is a spinnable, segmented chrysolite cylinder which narrows towards the middle which is fixed by spiral-headed rivets. Its top is a marble-like light grey jasper in a rectangular setting curved and stretched on top and recalls a Palladian motif. The stone covers and fits over the fingers to either side when the ring is worn. Purchased with funds won in a National Cultural Foundation competition, 1998 Inv. No.: 98.128 Ring: "Manly" Mátyás Pataki, Budapest, 1997-98 Silver with polished jade, with bone inlay and copper rivets cast Diameter: 3.5 x 4 cm On the bulky, cylindrical, circular band of the ring is a flat-ended, angular, curving head. On it is a spirmable cylinder of jade, divided into relief segments, which on the inside is fixed by small bone disks and on the outside by finely worked copper rivets. Purchased with funds won in a National Cultural Foundation competition, 1998 Inv. No.: 98.129