WROUGHT IRON BRAZIER. SPAIN, 13TH-14TH CENTURIES.
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Reference: ZF0635
Brazier. Wrought iron. Spain, 13th-14th centuries. It has restoration on one handle. Rear grill. Reference: "The art of the ferro". Barcelona: Santiago Rusiñol, 2007, p. 151, image 137. Brazier made of wrought iron, consisting of a circular base, three flat legs, a body formed by two flat rings joined by vertical sections decorated with simple facing scrolls, and two handles on the top similar to the sections and ending in washers. Inside, it has an iron grill from a later date than the rest of the piece and has a restoration on one handle. It is very similar to another wrought iron brazier dating from the 12th or 13th centuries that is currently in a private collection; compare also with the rectangular one in the Museu Episcopal de Vic dated in the 14th century. The spirals that form the decoration of the piece are frequently called “curly irons”, and are an element very often used in the few examples of Romanesque ironwork and ironwork that we have preserved, and, for this very reason, they will be elements that will be maintained in forging works for centuries after in Spain (the Romanesque model with its volutes lasted well into the 15th century, with some variation). For example, the railings of the Church of Santa María del Camino or del Mercado in León or the one that has been placed in the choir in the church of San Vicente de Ávila, or those preserved in the Diocesan Museum of Jaca (Huesca). As it is a work made with a utilitarian purpose, the lack of decorative elements is normal, as is the transformation of the decoration into functional parts of the brazier. The examples of Romanesque braziers that have reached us are even scarcer than those with ironwork. One is preserved in the Diocesan Museum of Tarragona and another in the possession of the Junta de Castilla, both square but with this same type of spirals, and some more in important museums and collections such as the National Archaeological Museum, in the Cathedral of Tarragona, etc. Weight: 7.5 kg.
· Size: 52x39x54 cms.
6.500 €
