PYX. WOOD. SPANISH SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY.
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Reference: ZF1041
Pyx. Carved and polychrome wood. Spanish school, 16th century. A box with a circular base and a truncated cone-shaped body with a domed lid topped with a moulded knob. It is made of carved wood and retains traces of gilding on its outer surface and also on the inside (lid and base). In this area it is decorated with carvings of plant themes on the lid and winged angel heads joined by curved textiles reminiscent of garlands on the front of the body. Typologically, the piece is reminiscent in its shape of silver pyxes: compare with two 16th-century examples from the Burgos Museum (one with a flatter body than the present piece, but with a similarly shaped lid; another similar to this one), a pyx from around the middle of the 14th century from the Cluny Museum with proportions similar to this wooden box, etc. Likewise, it would be necessary to mention at least the one known as the San Fernando Salt Shaker (Convent of San Clemente in Seville). Pyxises or hosts made of wood are not common, either because metal was preferred for these liturgical objects, or because they are less well preserved or are replaced more frequently than silver ones. One is known from the 16th century from the Balkans or Venetia, preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London; there is a wooden pyx case in the same museum dated between 1470 and 1540; etc.
· Size: 14,5x14,5x14,5 cms
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