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Granada Crucifix c.1760An incredibly unusual and rare, naively carved wooden, gessoed and polychromed Spanish Crucifixion. c. 1760. This huge Holy Cross would have hung in a Church only to be removed for processions and religious service. The carved foliage cross tips bear Pomegranates. Granada is the name for Pomegranate in Spanish. Pomegranates were the specifically the symbol for the City of Granada and can be seen on a number of the monumental Holy Crosses within the

” (Last image depicts Shoji with Irori available separately)

demonstrated in the shift from naive to realistic portraiture across its various faces

Illustrated in Carl Crossman

The famous pottery houses were renowned for their rustic garden urns featuring a green glazed body decorated with four lobed handles connected to a tapering belly and resting on a circular base with a drainage hole

richly carved in wood and finished in the traditional mecca technique — silver leaf laid over gesso and bole

capable of anchoring any garden

well worn with an amazing patina of overpainting that we just love

blacksmith made nails and hinges

The mirror masters (Murano Maestri da Quari) (a secretive Guild who were banned from leaving Murano to protect their techniques and skills and ensure a Venetian monopoly on glass production) only able to produce small panels at this time as the glass had to be physically held by them while they engraved using man powered lathes

overpainted with layers of white

A wonderful 20th Century Italianate fountain with an attractive lion mask acting as the water spout

Ready to make a centre piece

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