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Pietra di Goa e recipiente in oro

late 17th–early 18th century
Not on view
Le cosiddette pietre di Goa venivano fabbricate dai sacerdoti gesuiti che vivevano a Goa, una piccola provincia sulla costa occidentale dell’India. Si tratta di versioni di fabbricazione umana dei bezoari (miscuglio di calcoli biliari e peli che si trova negli stomaci di cervi, ovini e antilopi), che, una volta raschiati e ingeriti con tè o acqua, si credeva avessero proprietà medicinali. Per trasportarli in Europa venivano creati elaborati contenitori d’oro o d’argento. L’involucro in oro a forma d’uovo che racchiude questa pietra è composto da due metà semisferiche, ciascuna rivestita da uno strato di foglia d’oro traforato, intagliato e cesellato. Animali, tra cui unicorni e grifoni, ne ricoprono la superficie.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Pietra di Goa e recipiente in oro
  • Data: Fine del XVII-inizi del XVIII secolo
  • Area geografica: India, Goa
  • Materiale e tecnica: Contenitore: oro; traforato, in repoussé, con piedini e fiori cruciformi fusi; pietra di Goa: composito di materiali organici e inorganici
  • Dimensioni: Alt. 6,7 cm, diam. 14,4 cm
  • Crediti: Rogers Fund, 2004
  • Numero d'inventario: 2004.244a–d
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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