A grooved ark Renaissance juniper (or cedar) front with grooved decoration filled with black mass (gall nut) "Imaginary animals and plant motifs between classicist arches", punctured tops of the boards, interior with a pigeonhole Portuguese - Azores 16th/17th C. missing socle, restoration, minor defects, missing pidgeonhole cover, non-original mounts, taces of woodworms Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 54 x 134,5 x 57 cm Notes: this type of ark was studied in FERRÃO, Bernardo - "Mobiliário Português - dos primórdios ao maneirismo - volume quarto - Anexos". Porto: Lello & Irmão - Editores, 1990, pp. 7-35, reproducing various copies. For a grooved decorative ark with similar imaginary animals, see FREIRE, Fernanda Castro - "Mobiliário - volume II". Lisbon: Ricardo do Espírito Santo Silva Foundation, 2001, p. 43