A SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER PLAQUE

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A SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER PLAQUE
ALTO-PERU, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Of shaped oval form, elaborately repousse and chased with figures, grotesque masks, birds and cherubs playing guitars amid vines and cantuta flowers enclosing the sacred monogram surmounted by a mask and shell,apparently unmarked--21 1/2in. (54.6cm.) high
(53 oz.)

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