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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9727640, member: 2844"]It is a word from the Tupi language, Native Brazilian. Part of coastal Brazil was colonised by the Dutch West Indies Company, which is how the word was introduced to the Dutch language.</p><p>The Portuguese colonised Brazil before (and after) the Dutch did, so it ended up in Portuguese as well. From there it probably spread to other Continental European languages.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not really pineapple leaves, and they are missing the leaves at the top of a pineapple/ananas. Although it wouldn't be the first mistake when depicting something foreign.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Probably a mix of pine cones and pomegranates.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pineapple may have been an expensive fruit when it was first introduced, but I think the writer of the Londonist blog is forgetting the older traditions, and seeing pineapples where they aren't. The language confusion probably doesn't help either.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would call that a stylized pomegranate, a favourite motif in Europe for at least 1000 years, due to the Persian influence.</p><p>There was a time when learned Europeans read Persian and were very familiar with Persian art.</p><p>Pomegranate motifs were also introduced through Indian and Indo-Persian textiles which were imported in Europe in large quantities from the 16th century onward. There was import before that, but not in such a large scale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, a traditional European and Asian way of depicting pomegranates.</p><p><br /></p><p>Going back to the source, Persian Sassanid period pomegranates:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]472865[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And more on the Persian love of pomegranate symbolism:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.packtoiran.com/blogs/detail/84/Pomegranate---The-Persian-fruit-of-heaven" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.packtoiran.com/blogs/detail/84/Pomegranate---The-Persian-fruit-of-heaven" rel="nofollow">https://www.packtoiran.com/blogs/detail/84/Pomegranate---The-Persian-fruit-of-heaven</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I think you were right.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> It is a traditional looking piece, so a traditional motif would be the first choice imo.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9727640, member: 2844"]It is a word from the Tupi language, Native Brazilian. Part of coastal Brazil was colonised by the Dutch West Indies Company, which is how the word was introduced to the Dutch language. The Portuguese colonised Brazil before (and after) the Dutch did, so it ended up in Portuguese as well. From there it probably spread to other Continental European languages. Not really pineapple leaves, and they are missing the leaves at the top of a pineapple/ananas. Although it wouldn't be the first mistake when depicting something foreign.:playful: Probably a mix of pine cones and pomegranates. The pineapple may have been an expensive fruit when it was first introduced, but I think the writer of the Londonist blog is forgetting the older traditions, and seeing pineapples where they aren't. The language confusion probably doesn't help either. I would call that a stylized pomegranate, a favourite motif in Europe for at least 1000 years, due to the Persian influence. There was a time when learned Europeans read Persian and were very familiar with Persian art. Pomegranate motifs were also introduced through Indian and Indo-Persian textiles which were imported in Europe in large quantities from the 16th century onward. There was import before that, but not in such a large scale. Again, a traditional European and Asian way of depicting pomegranates. Going back to the source, Persian Sassanid period pomegranates: [ATTACH=full]472865[/ATTACH] And more on the Persian love of pomegranate symbolism: [URL]https://www.packtoiran.com/blogs/detail/84/Pomegranate---The-Persian-fruit-of-heaven[/URL] I think you were right.:) It is a traditional looking piece, so a traditional motif would be the first choice imo.[/QUOTE]
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