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As already introduced in the European Forum, some nice friend bought this one in a local auction to offer it to me
![]() Although in principle this would be a Portuguese example, i am a bit intrigued with its unusual overall design and also its carved stylized horse rider, as well as the other decorations. Noteworthy is also the care taken by the artist to carve various losangles with different decorations; altogether this being a masterpiece at its level. Has anyone seen something similar to this ? . Last edited by fernando; 1st March 2017 at 05:39 PM. |
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Nice!
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Regards, Ibrahiim al Balooshi. |
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Looks interesting - reminds me a bit of Ethiopian work, with the Christian imagery...
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Wow! Absolutely beautiful! I love the golden patina and attention to detail. Most horns don't have this degree of carving. A spectacular find, Fernando!
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very nice..........................jimmy
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The zigzag carving is very African. I don't have much literature on the subject, but will see what I can find and post anything relevant. Regards. |
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Thanks for the pictures, Colin; i see what you mean.
I guess however that this type of powder horns are more of European nature. A local heavy weight collector assumes that it is certainly not Portuguese as, having several such examples in his collection, this one doesn't fit within. He opines that its age could be situated between end 18th / beg. 19th century and its provenance might be South Italy ... or Sicily. |
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