Monstrance, ca. 1500, Made in Saragossa or Valladolid, Spain, Spanish, Silver, silver gilt, translucent and opaque enamels, rock crystal, Overall: 18 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (47.6 x 23.5 x 19.1 cm), Metalwork-Silver, This monstrance is constructed largely of silver sheets that have been decorated with elaborate pierced work, a technique favored by Spanish goldsmiths in the early sixteenth century. The enamel and niello medallions represent a lioness breathing life into its cubs and a pelican feeding its fledglings with the blood of its breast
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Monstrance, ca, 1500, Saragossa, Valladolid, Spain, Spanish, Silver, silver gilt, translucent, opaque enamels, rock crystal, Overall, 18 3/4 x 9 1/4 7 1/2, 47.6 23.5 19.1 cm, Metalwork-Silver, monstrance, constructed largely, sheets, decorated, elaborate pierced, work, technique favored, Spanish goldsmiths, early sixteenth, century, enamel, niello medallions, represent, lioness breathing, life, cubs, pelican feeding, fledglings, blood, breast
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