Plateau a offrande en argent orne d' un cavalier (limosnero), non poinconne, Amerique du Sud, probablement Mexique, XIXeme siecle

de forme ronde, l'ombilic orné d'un cavalier, un homme portant à une épée à ses pieds, dans une arche repoussée d'angelots et de trois clochettes, celle du centre tenue par un ange

circular, the centre applied with a horseman, a man standing beside, a sword in the right hand, within an arch to which three bells are suspended

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Pour des limosnero (plateaux à quêter) analogues, voir Raoul d'Harcourt, L'Argenterie Péruvienne à l'époque coloniale, Editions Albert Morand, n° 41.