FRANCE fin du XIXe début du XXe siècle
FRANCE fin du XIXe début du XXe siècle
SET OF TWENTY ENGRAVED SHELLS Pintadine (pinctada maxima), mother-of-pearl
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Art of Mother-of-Pearl, sacred shells, Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, 1993
The pinctada maxima or white mother-of-pearl is the largest of the pintadines whose shell has often been used for artistic purposes. It was probably in the Far East that the first pieces were engraved on mother-of-pearl. Then, European artists soon adopted it and religious art was one of the first beneficiaries of this craze which, from the seventeenth century, made the engraved pintadine some of the most sought-after objects by amateurs. Following the example of the set that we present, they then illustrate the life of Christ or the Saints. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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FRANCE fin du XIXe début du XXe siècle
SET OF TWENTY ENGRAVED SHELLS Pintadine (pinctada maxima), mother-of-pearl
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Art of Mother-of-Pearl, sacred shells, Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, 1993
The pinctada maxima or white mother-of-pearl is the largest of the pintadines whose shell has often been used for artistic purposes. It was probably in the Far East that the first pieces were engraved on mother-of-pearl. Then, European artists soon adopted it and religious art was one of the first beneficiaries of this craze which, from the seventeenth century, made the engraved pintadine some of the most sought-after objects by amateurs. Following the example of the set that we present, they then illustrate the life of Christ or the Saints. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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