Frontal Panel
An intricate church frontal panel
Estimate: PHP 35,000 - 38,000
2nd quarter, 20th century
Manila
Silver plated brass
57 x 80 cm (22 1/2 x 31 1/2 in)
Made from beaten brass sheets juxtaposing beautifully both Naturalistic and Neoclassical style elements that overlap each other in the mid-19th century until the beginning of the first World War. This panel was previously part of a much larger and surely impressive church frontal. Crisp and elaborate chase and repoussé motifs of a cartouche inscribed with a big flower, open scrolls flanking it, and lush flowers and foliage all around the framed main panel, and double borders of flutes and flower bosses, similar to those found on cornices and vaulted ceilings, with acanthus leaves concealing the joints at the corners.
Lot 155 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on 18 September 2021. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information.
Frontal Panel
An intricate church frontal panel
Estimate: PHP 35,000 - 38,000
2nd quarter, 20th century
Manila
Silver plated brass
57 x 80 cm (22 1/2 x 31 1/2 in)
Made from beaten brass sheets juxtaposing beautifully both Naturalistic and Neoclassical style elements that overlap each other in the mid-19th century until the beginning of the first World War. This panel was previously part of a much larger and surely impressive church frontal. Crisp and elaborate chase and repoussé motifs of a cartouche inscribed with a big flower, open scrolls flanking it, and lush flowers and foliage all around the framed main panel, and double borders of flutes and flower bosses, similar to those found on cornices and vaulted ceilings, with acanthus leaves concealing the joints at the corners.
Lot 155 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on 18 September 2021. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more information.