Title: Marfins :
Authors: Matias, Osvaldo Gil,; Matias, Osvaldo Gil,; Matias, Osvaldo Gil,
Date: 2014
Publisher: Arte Ensaio,
Physical description: 407 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language: Portuguese
LC classification: N
Abstract: Documents the collection of Osvaldo Gil Matias (born in Rio de Janeiro on 1946). He started to collect religious art objects in the 80s and focused his interests in the Luso-Brazilian silverware of the colonial and imperial periods as well in the ivory imagery from the eastern Iberian colonies.
Contents: O Marfim = the Ivory -- Introduçao = Introduction -- Portugal-India, Ceilo e China -- Antigo Testamento = Old Testament -- A Virgem Maria = The Holy Mary -- Nascimento e Infancia de Cristo = Birth and Childhood of Christ -- Camilhas = Small Beds -- Paixo e morte de Cristo = Passion and death of Christ -- Santo = Saints -- Objetos seculares = Secular objects -- Espanha-Filipinas, Mexico e Quito -- Antigo Testamento = Old Testament -- A Virgem Maria = The Holy Mary -- Nascimento e Infancia de Cristo = Birth and Childhood of Christ -- Paixo e morte de Cristo = Passion and death of Christ -- Santos = Saints
Subject headings (LCSH): Christian art and symbolism--Philippines--Modern period, 1500---Catalogs.; Christian art and symbolism--Philippines--Modern period, 1500-.; Christian art and symbolism--South Asia--Modern period, 1500---Catalogs.; Christian art and symbolism--South Asia--Modern period, 1500-.; Ivories--Philippines--Spanish influences--Catalogs.; Ivories--Philippines--Spanish influences.; Ivories--Private collections--Brazil--Catalogs.; Ivories--Private collections--Brazil.; Ivories--South Asia--Portuguese influences--Catalogs.; Ivories--South Asia--Portuguese influences.