Kottamangalam / Kothamangalam
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B01: design element - motifs - foliage - lotus?
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BBU01: design element - motifs - rope moulding
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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed - flat ribs or slats
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LB01: design element - motifs - foliage - lotus?
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UB01: design element - motifs - foliage - lotus?
Scene Description: on several levels of the stem
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UB02: design element - motifs - floral - lotus?
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UB03: animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon - rampant - Vritra? - 8
Scene Description: in pairs, on the sides of the stem [cf. Font notes]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 15962KOT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: India
Location: Ernakulam, Kerala
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Indo-Portuguese
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Carita (2009); baptismal font of the Indo-Portuguese period/style consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a rope moulding on the upper basin side, a band of (lotus?) leaves below, and a ribbed pattern that continues down the underbowl; the square stem has inverted graded steps at the top, with (lotus?) leaves on the sides, with pairs of rampant dragons on the sides [Carita (ibid.) relates them to the Hindu myth of the dragon Vritra], and, again, inverted graded mouldings with (lotus?) leaves and flowers on the sides; the lower base is decorated with (lotus?) leaves and is also square. The whole is painted (?) a shiny ochre colour.
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