Auction 30 Antiques & Works of Art, Silver and Jewellery

19

A 17th century Cingalo-Portuguese ivory plaque representing Our Lady and Saint Elizabeth with Child Jesus and Saint John the Baptist


Estimate

6.000 - 9.000


Session 1

28 April 2014



Description

Carved ivory plaque depicitng Our Lady feeding Child Jesus in the company of her cousin Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist
The figures with oval halos and framed by beaded frieze
Cingalo-Portuguese, 17th century
(defect, fissure)

14,5x10 cm


Category

Sculpture


Additional Information

Provenance: Francisco Hipólito Raposo collection, Lisbon
Bibliography: "A expansão portuguesa e a arte do marfim", Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1991; Marcos, Margarita Mercedes Estella, "Marfiles de las Provincias Ultramarinas Orientales des Espana y Portugal", p. 323.



Closed Auction