{"title":"Decorative Objects","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTop Interior Design, Style and redecorate your home turn it into a Feng shui place,  beauty and magic in your spaces and in everyday life eclectic rooms inspired home, chic bedroom,  chic bathroom, chic pillows, chic rugs .European Art, Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, Gold Boxes, Objects of Vertu Lighting, Decorative Objects,Collectibles, Silver and Glass, Rugs, Clocks, \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-renaissance-after-a-roman-bronze-oil-lamp","title":"A Renaissance Bronze Oil Lamp after a Roman Head of a Nubian","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Bronze Oil Lamp, Possibly Roman Or Workshop Of Severo Da Ravenna, Padua, 16Th Century 15,5 cm high \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"A Roman Bronze Oil Lamp Head of a Nubian\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1734\/1149\/files\/nubian-head-4_large.jpg?v=1486562195\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSevero Calzetta da Ravenna\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSevero (Calzetta) da Ravenna\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSevero di Domenico Calzetta\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(active ca 1496 – ca 1543) was an Italian sculptor of the High Renaissance and Mannerism, who worked in Padua, where he is likely to have finished his training, in Ferrara and in Ravenna, where he first appears in a document of 1496. Though Severo specialized in small bronzes, his only securely documented work is the marble\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSt John the Baptist\u003c\/i\u003e, signed by him, which was commissioned in 1500 for the entrance to the chapel of St Anthony in the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua, and remains in place. Though he produced religious figures, such as the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCorpus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom a crucifix in the Cleveland Museum of Art, his main subjects were pagan, including dragons and satyrs, and functional objects, such as inkwells, candlesticks, and oil lamps. Pomponius Gauricus mentions Severo in his chapter on bronzes in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDe sculptura\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1504), without identifying any subjects. A mark of his convincing style\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eall'antica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the fact that a bronze bust of a bearded man wearing a toga in the collection of the Rijksmuseum was long considered to be a Roman bronze. And a mark of the difficulty of attributions is the fact that it is attributed to Severo or to Tullio Lombardo\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF SEVERO DA RAVENNA, PADUA, 16TH CENTURY\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis bronze lamp, mounted on an eagle's claw is made in the workshop of Severo da Ravenna in Padua or Ravenna in the first half of the 16th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lamp is the head of a satyr with foliated beard and eyebrows, whose mouth forms the burner; a hinged cover to the oil hole is on the crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis lamp is of a well known type, derived from the antique, but more carefully finished than is usual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSevero da Ravenna or Severo di Domenico Calzetta da Ravenna was an Italian sculptor, active ca 1496, who died ca. 1543.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis father was probably a sculptor and he may have been related to the two painters of the same name working in the circle of Mantegna in Padua: Pietro Calzetta and Francesco Calzetta.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSevero might have divided his time between Padua, Ferrara and Ravenna, where he was first recorded in 1496.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1734\/1149\/files\/renaissance_nubian-head_bronze_lamp_VA_large.jpg?v=1504523852\" alt=\"Severo Da Ravenna\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.apple-boutique.com\/?attachment_id=1762\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1762\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1762\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1734\/1149\/files\/blog_nubian-head_bronze_lamp-met-225x300.jpg?11666530170194205491\" alt=\"nubian-head_bronze_lamp met\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.apple-boutique.com\/?attachment_id=1772\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1772\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1772\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1734\/1149\/files\/blog_Severo_calzetta_da_ravenna_lampada_ad_olio_con_piede_rapace1-169x300.jpg?3006864465610580766\" alt=\"Severo_calzetta_da_ravenna,_lampada_ad_olio_con_piede_rapace\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.apple-boutique.com\/\/on-sale\/sculpture-works-of-art\/antique-bronze-oil-lamp\/severo_calzetta_da_ravenna_lampada_a_olio_a_forma_di_testa\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1777\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1777\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1734\/1149\/files\/blog_Severo_calzetta_da_ravenna_lampada_a_olio_a_forma_di_testa-191x300.jpg?13214088138002323616\" alt=\"Severo_calzetta_da_ravenna,_lampada_a_olio_a_forma_di_testa\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eApple Boutique\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eLocated in the rue de l’Ecole de Médecine No 1,  in the heart of Geneva’s art market, one street from the MAMCO (Museum of Contemporary Art), the The Patek Philippe Museum and the brand new Ethnological Museum  MEG – beside Plainpalais Flea Market - \u003c\/span\u003eApple Boutique\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFine Art Galleryis the finest and appropriate gallery in Geneva for dealing with drawings and watercolors.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eApple Boutique\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFine Art specializes in Old – Modern and Contemporary Master paintings and drawings from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century, and has been supplying museums, world-renowned galleries and interior designers with rare pieces of art and furniture.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eProviding with accurate advices on building a  collection or developing an existing one, Guidance on restoration and framing, Evalutations and appraisals.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eSituée au coeur du Marché de l’Art Genevois, derrière le Musée d’Art Contemporain MAMCO et le musée Patek Philippe à deux pas du nouveau Musée d’Ethnographie MEG, à côté du Marché aux Puces de Plainpalais, la Galerie du Apple Boutique Fine Art est l’endroit idéal pour dénicher des dessins, des Gravures ou des Tableaux Anciens mais aussi toutes sortes d’objets hétéroclites - 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Perhaps it could even have housed a figure of Mahavira, the 6th century founder of Jainism \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ehouse temple\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Ghar Derasar or Griha Chaityalaya) is a private\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJain shrine\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethat is placed within a personal residence.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.5px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSometimes it is separate room or structure in a compound.\n\u003cp\u003eJain scholars prescribe that the height of a pratima in a house shrine should not exceed 11\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eaṅgulas, i.e. about 21 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe formal communal temple is often referred to as a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshikharbandi\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJinalaya, i.e. with a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshikhara. Sometimes a temple starts as a house temple, which grows into a formal shikharbandi Jinalaya when the community grows to be sufficiently large.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJain author\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHaribhadra Suri\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estates in one of his famous grantha\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSambodh prakran\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethat-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elay person\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas savings more than 100 rupees, then there must be a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eGhar derasar\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat his\/her home. Further he says that the house which does not have a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"mw-selflink selflink\"\u003eGhar derasar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis not a home, it is a graveyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJainism is an ancient religion from India. Followers are called Jains, and they practice non-violent behaviors to work toward individual perfection. Their ultimate goal is liberation from rebirth. A liberated individual who serves as an exemplar is known as a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eJina\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (victor) also called a Tirthankara (one who fords the waters). Jain practice requires daily veneration of an image of a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eJina\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, either at a community temple or at a home shrine. 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Anciennes anecdotes et chroniques. MONTOLIEU (Isabelle de)\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hls-complement\" itemprop=\"givenName\"\u003eHenri van \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hls-lemma\" itemprop=\"familyName\"\u003eMuyden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hls-dnais\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" locale=\"fr\"\u003e3.9.1860\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e à Genève, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hls-ddec\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" locale=\"fr\"\u003e20.2.1936\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e à Genève. Fils d'Alfred\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. 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