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Candlestick

Museum tags: 
Medieval Romanesque Art
Location: 
Sala 016
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Collection: 
Medieval Romanesque Art
Artist / Maker / Authority: 
Anonymous

Candlestick of cylindrical stick supported on a convex base with three feet in the shape of a leg of an animal. In the half of the stick a knot is defined in the shape of bulb and, in the top, a circular, very flat plate, on which a punch rises to fix the candle. The decoration combines engraved motives with moderate presence of enamel, specially in the base, three faces which were decorated by a figure of a lion in a circular frame, flanked by two fantastic animals, apparently birds. The palette is reduced and blue and green colours are predominant in.

Dating: 
c. 1200
Dimensions: 
18,5 x 10,4 x 11,1 cm

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Acquisition: 

Bequeathed by Santiago Espona, 1958

Inventory number: 
065551-000