Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Bezoars


Filigree and Bezoar Stones.

(Post in Preparation).


Bezoars are a subject in themselves - I don't intend to go into it at this point other than to present a few examples with filigree mounts.


see https://wellcomecollection.org/works/baya95pq

 see - https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/184795

see also  - THE BEZOAR STONE: A NATURAL WONDER IN THE NEW WORLD

Luis Millones Figueroa,  Hispanófila, No. 171 (JUNIO 2014), pp. 139-156 (18 pages)

https://www.jstor.org/stable/43808791

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A Bezoar Stone in a Gold Filigree setting.

Late 16th Century?

It seems that in the past these remarkable objects have been described as from Goa.

Hugo Miguel Crespo of the University of Lisbon states that there is no current evidence that Filigree was manufactured in Goa in the 17th and 18th Centuries.

Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Kunstkammer.

Currently exhibited: Ambras Castle, Innsbruck

Unterschloss, Kunstkammer.









Approx. 9cms diam

www.khm.at/de/object/87195/

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The Duke of Alba Bezoar Stone. 

In a Gold Filigree Setting.




L. 16,2 cm

 Coat of Arms of the Duke of Alba (1508-1582).

 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Kunstkammer

 INV. NR. Kunstkammer, 998

Currently exhibited:

Art History Museum, Kunstkammer, Vienna.

 

https://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/87197/?offset=12&lv=list


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Bezoar Stone.

Gold Filigree Mounts.

They say Goa late 17th Century.

I suspect Cuttack, Orissa.






11,6 cm × 7,6 cms.

 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Kunstkammer.




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Gold Mounted Bezoar and Bowl.

17th Century ?



14 cm, x 17 cm. H. 6,9 cm

 Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Kunstkammer

 INV. NR.   Kunstkammer, 1140.

 www.khm.at/de/object/87339/


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Science Museum

33 x 25 mm.

The filigree technique on this bezoar appears very similar to that on the Vienna version above, suggesting possibly Cuttack, Orissa. India.



https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co106463/gold-filigree-case-containing-a-bezoar-bezoar


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Several Bezoar stones from The treasury chamber of the Wittelsbacher located in the Munich Residenz.

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