拍品 38
38
A CONTINENTAL PIERCED PEDESTAL
A CONTINENTAL PIERCED PEDESTAL

SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY

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A CONTINENTAL PIERCED PEDESTAL
SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY
The paneled D-shaped truncated pyramid with panels alternately painted with flower sprays or piereced and gilt with foliate strapwork, flower sprays along the base, the back undecorated, the tope with a central apeture and painted with flowers
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide

拍品專文

Given the proportions of the present stand and the fact that the back is completely undecorated, it was likely intended as the base to a figure of Christ on a cross to be placed on a small altar or in a niche. The flower painting and palette is not dissimilar to that of the Nymphenburg factory.