Lot 68
68
A PAIR OF SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER PARADE LANTERNS
A PAIR OF SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER PARADE LANTERNS
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A PAIR OF SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER PARADE LANTERNS

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, POSSIBLY PERU OR BRAZIL, 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER PARADE LANTERNS
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, POSSIBLY PERU OR BRAZIL, 18TH CENTURY
The finials embossed with foliage and flowers on a textured ground, the corners applied with angel-capped brackets, the tubular stems engraved with foliage and with a gilt terminal and a wood core, apparently unmarked
75¼ in. (191 cm.) high
Provenance
The Property of a Private Collector; Christie's, London, 12 June 2006, lot 7, where acquired for the present collection.

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Lot Essay

A pair of comparable lanterns are in a private collection and illustrated in Taullard, Plateria Sudamericana, 1942, fig. 198 and El Arte Luso Brasileño en el Rio de la Plata, exhibition cat., Buenos Aires, 1966, no. 30.
One of another pair, also unmarked and attributed to Rio de Janeiro, is illustrated in P.M. Bardi, Arte da Prata no Brasil, 1979, p. 65.

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