monstrance en vermeil, email, émeraudes et perles de differentes formes, apparemment non poinçonnée, probablement Perou, fin du XVIIe siècle

reposant sur une base carrée à quatre pieds en volute sommés d'une feuille, le fût appliqué de volutes, la partie supérieure en forme de soleil rayonnant incrusté de perles  et d'emeraudes (taillées et cabochons)



on a square base supported by four leaf-capped scroll supports, bracketted stem, the detachable sunburst  applied with variously shaped pearls and emeralds (cut and cabochons),  enamelled panels throughout

the yellow enamel to upper part and stem is different and it seems conceivable that the two may have been associated in the 17th century. Some pearls missing and some restoration to terminals of sunburst, otherwise in good condition, very beautiful object.
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Les panneaux d'émaux bleus et verts ceints d'une bordure de froufrous ainsi que le soleil rayonnant formé de volutes en C feuillagés et ajourés sont des éléments clés des monstrances baroques du Pérou. Un modèle semblable fut vendu chez Christie's New York, Important Silver, 19 Octobre 2010, lot 50. Un autre modèle, conservé au Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (32.100.231a), est attribué à Diego de Atienziam, orfèvre espagnol qui vécut et travailla à Lima au XVIIe siècle. La partie en soleil rayonnant se termine habituellement en forme de perles, il semble beaucoup plus rare qu'elle soit ornée de réelles perles.

The green and blue enamelled panels with frilly borders and the sunburst rays formed as pierced leafy C-scrolls are typical elements of Baroque monstrances from Peru.  A similar example was sold at Christie's New York, Important Silver, 19 October 2010, lot 50. Another one is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (32.100.231a). The latter is attributed to Diego de Atienziam a Spanish goldsmith who was active in Lima in the mid-17th centuy. The sunburts usually terminate in pearl-shaped finials and they seem rarer to be actually applied with real pearls.