CRN Auctions - Collections and Estates Auction - June 2021

CRN AUCTIONS-COLLECTIONS AND ESTATES AUCTION 86: SPANISH COLONIAL CARVED AND POLYCHROMED BISHOP FIGURE USD 800 - 1,200 Guatemala, 18th c., right hand raised in blessing, left hand extended; panel on reverse lifts to reveal a concealed compartment nearly full length of the figure most likely to store relics, or a chalice and other Eucharist items, 25.5"h 87: SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER RESPLENDOR/HALO USD 700 - 900 18th c., Guatemala, emanating rays, the inner band with florals and vines, 13.5"w; 9"h, mounted for display. 87A: SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER BOOKSTAND (ATRIL) USD 3,000 - 5,000 Mexico, 1819-1823, maker Alejando Antonio Canas (or one of his sons); assayer Davila 1819-23Neoclassical style with embossed reliquary cross to center, and leaf and floral designs; double layer of wood backing with attached scrolling metal support legs, 17"h; 11.5"wThis is the sixth installment CRN Auctions has sold from the Spanish Colonial collection of his Connecticut gentleman. The neoclassical style first appeared in Mexico around 1785.For related examples, "La Plateria del Museo Franz Mayer", pps. 270 and 273 88: SPANISH COLONIAL CARVED AND POLYCHROMED ALTAR FIGURE USD 500 - 700 Guatemala, 19th c., male saint holding a book, glass eyes, 16" tallPossibly San Peter, St. Jerome or St. John the Baptist. 89: SPANISH COLONIAL CARVED WOOD ARCHANGEL USD 400 - 600 18/19th c., Guatemala, traces of gesso, 20.5" h; 10"w 90: SPANISH COLONIAL SILVER SHELL-FORM LIDDED BOX USD 1,500 - 2,000 19thc., Colombia, shell-form, shaped lid, chased florals, vines, stylized angels and nymphs to all sides, raised paw feet; with key, 7"h; 11"wThis type of box was commonly used to store coca leaves or yerba mate leaves The priest Mariano Lorenzanos wrote to King Philip III asking him to stop the yerba production and consumption to both "stop the vice" and the cruelty of the enslavement of the indigenous people working at the harvesting the plants. 91: SPANISH COLONIAL CARVED WOOD BEAKER USD 1,200 - 1,700 18th c., Bolivia, Jesuit Missionsdeep relief scrollwork foliage, 7.5"h; 6"diam.This is the fifth installment CRN Auctions has sold from the Spanish Colonial collection ofthis Connecticut gentleman. From 1615 to 1810, missionaries from various Catholic orders established missions among the Moxos and Chiquitos Indians in Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay. The principal organizers, the Jesuits, were expelled in 1750. Converting the indigenous involved teaching them European music, various crafts, and woodworking, of which this is an example.