A PAIR OF SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER AQUAMANILES
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, PROBABLY PERU, 19TH CENTURY
Each lion form, modeled standing wearing a crown and with spout formed as a protruding tongue
9 in. (22.9 cm.) long; 143 oz. 10 dwt. (4,465 gr.)
來源
Formerly in the collection of Nobuko Kajitani, Textile Conservator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
拍場告示
Please note this lot was formerly in the collection of Nobuko Kajitani, Textile Conservator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
拍品專文
A similar kettle, of different size, is in a private collection and illustrated in A. Ribera and H. Schenone, Platería Sudamericana De Los Siglos XVII-XX, Munich, 1981, pp. 276-278, cat. no. 336.