BRONZE BRAZIER. POSSIBLY CASTILLE, SPAIN, 16TH CENTURY.
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Reference: ZF0989
Brazier. Copper. Possibly Castile, 16th century. Brazier made of copper with a circular base decorated with vertical bands, a low tubular shaft enhanced with a fine rope-like moulding and a semicircular body, with a wide mouth that flares outwards, and two metal handles shaped like a half rectangle and a twisted part on the sides of the piece. These types of pieces were used in both civil and ecclesiastical interiors with the aim of providing as much warmth as possible to the occupants of the room. Their preservation is rare because they were utilitarian elements that were discarded over time or when damaged. They were usually objects intended for the upper class, and followed the same typologies whether they were destined for a sacristy or a private residence. The present case, possibly intended for use in a sacristy, displays a common typology in the Spanish school of the period. Compare, for example, with the brazier featured in The Birth of the Virgin Mary in the Retablo, assembled around 1520 by the Valladolid native Pedro de Guadalupe and found in the church of San Esteban de Amusquillo (which presided over the main altar of Valladolid Cathedral until 1676, when it was sold to the parish church of Renedo); or with the Birth of Saint Eloy by Pedro Núñez (1526-1529, MNAC, Barcelona).
· Size: 25x25x15,5 cms
1.000 €
