Silver
Guzarate, India
End of the 16th century, early 17th century
Mother-of-pearl
17.5 cm Diam.
MASF435
A deep dish made of plates of mother-of-pearl, arranged in two concentric bands around a central medallion, held by a silver pin, forming an elegant central motif of an open lotus flower. The rim has an original moulding of mother of pearl with a cut out edge, which makes it even rarer. Note the similarity of this piece with the plate in the Pádua Ramos1 collection.
1 A Herança de Rauluchantin, Museu de São Roque, ed. Comissão Nacional para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos, Lisbon, 1996, cat. 17, p. 205.
Vasco da Gama e a Índia, Capela da Sorbonne, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Comissão Nacional para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, Lisbon-Paris, 1998, cat. 102, p. 154.
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