ROMANESQUE STYLE CHEST. WOOD, METAL, BONE. SPAIN

Romanesque style chest. Wood, bone, metal. Spain Rectangular chest with a trough-shaped lid, decorated on the outside with rectangular plates of carved and tinted bone in some details (to enhance the figurative and vegetal elements it presents) and with simple metal fittings, finished in teardrop shapes. Typologically, this type of chest, intended to store valuable objects, was common in the arts since the Middle Ages. Given the Muslim presence in Spain, examples were made combining ivory and wood (Nasrid box from the Ancient Monastery of San Salvador de Oña in Burgos, etc.), and examples of ivory are also preserved in caskets in Christian territories (Arca de los Marfils de San Isidoro de León). It is also worth remembering the casket made by Mohamed ibn Assarch that is preserved in the Collegiate church of San Isidoro in León, dating from the Almohad period. Iconographically speaking, the piece would be more reminiscent of Sicilian or Hispano-Muslim objects, given the absence of human figures. Throughout the 19th century, and following a trend that is occurring throughout Europe, a series of works were produced in Spain in all artistic fields inspired by important styles from the ancient history of this country. Thus, numerous objects inspired by Romanesque, Gothic, etc. art were created.

· Size: 21x13,5x11 cms