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- Lot 64
Baptistery with silver backsplash Rare liturgical object in the form of a shell with a scalloped outline supported by three angels in bust form with outstretched wings resting on a moving foot. Elegant decoration with repoussé composed of plants, foliage, gadroons and acanthus leaves. The backrest is decorated with pomegranates, foliage and a double-headed eagle struck with a heart, moving away from the heraldic symbol of the Spanish empire to get closer to the religious symbolism of the pelican. Two kinds of baptismal shells are used: the simple shell allowing to pour the water on the head of the baptized and the shell with backsplash, real portable baptistery that was found in private chapels or those of the Third Orders. BRAZIL, XVIIIth century. Weight : 1520 gr. Height : 18,5 cm. 18.5 cm, width : 32.5 cm, depth : 32.5 cm. References: 1/ Exhibition "The Portuguese in Brazil, "Art in the daily life in Brazil". BRUSSELS, Société Générale de Banque from 03/10/1991 to 15/15/1991. Similar shell n°235 and 236 of the catalog coming from the collection Béatriz and Mario PIMENTA CAMARGO - SAO PAULO 2/ Enciclopedia de la Plata Espagnola y virreinal americana ". MADRID 1924. Baptismal shell page 451, figure 1676. 3/ Exhibition "Brazil Baroque between heaven and earth". PARIS, PETIT-PALAIS from 04/11/1999 to 06/02/2000 N°306 silver baptismal shell XVIIIth century. 9,5cm x 37cm x 32,5cm. Collection Béatriz and Mario PIMENTA CAMARGO - SAO PAULO. 4/ " The arts in Latin America ". Edition of the University Press of YALE-NEW HAVEN and LONDON. Exhibition: Antiguo Colegio San Ildefonso. MEXICO-CITY from 03/02 to 06/05 2007. Baptismal basin without backsplash page 242, n°6. 9,5cm x 37xm x32cm, origin PERNANBOUC. Collection Béatriz and Mario PIMENTA CAMARGO - SAO PAULO. 5/ From the collection of Roberta and Richard HUBERT presented during the exhibition of the PHILADELPHIA Museum of Art, " Journey to New-worlds spanish and portugue colonal art " from 16/02/2013 to 19/05/2013, Baptismal shell page 164 n°88 BRESIL XVIIIème but given for PERU or BOLIVIA. Origin : collection of an antique dealer of SAO-PAULO " Fernando de MEDEIROS (1919-2001).
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