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A 17th century Indo-Portuguese Child Jesus bed
Estimate
40.000 - 60.000
Session 1
9 October 2013
Hammer Price
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Velvet lined silver-mounted teak structure.
Chased and pierced silver mounts representing floral motifs and exotic birds, set with colored pastes.
Headboard with two cartouches supported by two peacocks and liturgical inscriptions "Et Verbum caro factu est, et habitavit in n..." and "Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax homin..."
India, Goa, 17th century
38x55x42 cm
Category
Objects
Additional Information
Note: Two important pieces with same origin and similar silver work are known: the Saint Francis'''' reliquary kept at the Museu de São Roque, Lisboa and Saint Francis Xavier tomb at Igreja da Casa Professa do Bom Jesus, Goa.
Porvenance: Colection Comandante Alpoim Calvão.
Closed Auction
