Nuremberg 17th Cty Stunning Brass Embossed And Chiseled Alms Dish The Coronation Of The Virgin

Haute Epoque

Rare and thick / heavy collection embossed and chiseled brass alms dish in with a radiant design in its center depicting "The Coronation of the Virgin"

17th cty Nürnberg workshops (Germany)

"The scene / thema is in this alms dish quite rare: the Virgin and Child, standing above a crescent moon, is surrounded by wide rays of sunlight illuminating this divine episode, and is crowned by two angels placed symmetrically on the above his head.

Very good condition and superb patina

This dish is interesting collection piece for its rare subject / thema.

Diameter 37.5cm
Weight around 1090g

Bibliography:
*Frederico ANDRISIANI "Brass alms dishes, 15th and 16th centuries brass alms dishes, bowls and basins", Padua (Italy) 2017
*Tamas EGYEKI-SZABO "Beckensclägerschüsseln 15.-16. Jahrhundert", Budapest (Hungary ) 2008

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