Altar Frontal

A silver church frontal panel

 

Estimate: PHP 100,000 - 120,000

 

Mid 19th century

Pampanga

Repoussé silver set in a contemporary kamagong frame

31 x 69 cm (12 x 27 in)

 

Provenance:

Private collection, Manila

 

Formerly part of an elaborate church altar frontal covered and decorated with hand-hammered chased and repoussé silver, this whimsical panel features flourishing and bunched S-shaped acanthus leaves, centering an oval cartouche surrounded by scalloped fig leaves, and rosettes in all four corners. Framed in molded kamagong wood. The silver panel without the frame weighs approximately one kilogram.

 

Lot 158 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on 18 March 2023. Please see www.salcedoauctions.com for more information.

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