Its style, technique, and above all its unique combination of materials-including precious metals, feathers, wood carvings, and rock crystal-have led scholars to describe it as the perfect fusion of European and Ancient American (or pre-Columbian) traditions. The so-called Hearst Chalice at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is widely regarded as one the most significant works of Mexican silversmithing from the sixteenth century.
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