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A PAIR OF PERUVIAN INCENSE BURNERS IN THE FORM OF TURKEYS
Lot 112

A PAIR OF PERUVIAN INCENSE BURNERS IN THE FORM OF TURKEYS

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, 19TH CENTURY

Fermé7 May 2008

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GBP 3,250

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A PAIR OF PERUVIAN INCENSE BURNERS IN THE FORM OF TURKEYS
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, 19TH CENTURY
Realistically modelled in filagree and hinged, on an oval base with four bifurcated feet
7 in. (18 cm.) high
67 oz. (2,090 gr.) (2)

Note du spécialiste

Other Peruvian incense burners or Sahumador, including another turkey as well as a llama on a nearly identical base to the present example are illustrated in A.L. Ribera and H.H. Schenone, Platería Sudamericana de los Siglos XVII-XX, Munich, 1981, p. 297-302, figs. 378-385 and another similar example was sold Christie's New York, 16 May 1995, lot 112.