Goa Stone and Gold Case, late 17th–early 18th century, Probably made in India, Goa, Container: gold; pierced, repoussé, with cast legs and finials, Goa stone: Diam. 1 3/16 in. (3 cm), Metal, Goa stones, named for the place where they were manufactured by Jesuits in the late seventeenth century, were manmade versions of bezoars (gallstones from ruminants). Both types were used for their medicinal and talismanic powers
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Goa Stone, Gold Case, late 17th–early 18th century, India, Goa, Container, gold, pierced, repoussé, cast legs, finials, stone, Diam, 1 3/16, 3 cm, Metal, stones, place, manufactured, Jesuits, seventeenth, century, manmade versions, bezoars, gallstones, ruminants, types, medicinal, talismanic powers
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