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Nuremberg alms dish
Estimate €400–800
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571
Oval tobacco box
Estimate €100–200
Description
In yellow brass.
Incised decoration depicting, on the lid, the five senses, and on the reverse the four classical elements — fire, air, water and earth — according to the conception attributed to Empedocles, inspired by the woodcut illustration from the 1472 edition of De rerum natura by Lucretius.
With collection label on the interior.
Holland, 18th century.
(signs of use)
3x10x8 cm
Provenance
Former collection of Francisco Hipólito Raposo;
Collection of Dr. António Miranda.
The relationship between what we see and what we know is never complete. The way we see things is influenced by what we know, or by what we believe.
