A RARE SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER-MOUNTED ALTAR

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A RARE SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER-MOUNTED ALTAR
18TH CENTURY, ALTO PERU

Stepped rectangular, on four ball feet, the sides elaborately chased with foliate scrolls, fruit, masks and animals, the surface engraved with flowers within vases and circular vacant cartouches within scrolls, the front engraved "Sebastinquises" and "Ano de 1791," each step surmounting two candle holders with pierced foliate scroll mounts, circular wax-pans and spool-form nozzles, apparently unmarked--30 3/4in. (78.1cm.) long