Kaduthuruthy / Kaduthuruthi / Kaduturutti

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Results: 8 records

B01: human figure

Scene Description: could it be an angel?
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B02: symbol - cross

Scene Description: potent? foliated?
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B03: design element - motifs - floral or foliage

Scene Description: all around
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BBU01: design element - motifs - floral

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BBU02: design element - motifs - braid or rope

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LB01: design element - motifs - foliage - lotus?

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UB01: design element - motifs - ball?

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INFORMATION

FontID: 15949KAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: India
Location: Kottayam, Kerala
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Indo-Portuguese
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Carita (2009). Chalice-shaped baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin raised on a round pedestal base; the basin appears to have been damage and parts of it replaced with a plain repair [unless the busy ornamentation of the rest is only a plaster cover]; the ornamentation includes figures, crosses and other symbols, bands of floral and rope or braid motif on the upper half, and floral and foliage on the lower half and underbowl, all of it in gold and black colours; several mouldings, ball motif and foliage on the pedestal base.

COORDINATES

UTM: 43P 664535 1078137

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Carita, Helder, Indo-Portuguese architecture in Cochin and Kerala, New Delhi: Transbooks.com, 2009