Auction 116 Antiques & Works of Art, Silver & Jewellery

619

Important devotional pendant


Estimate

4.000 - 5.000


Session 2

20 July 2022



Description

Gold and rock crystal, possibly Spanish, 17th / 18th century
Scalloped elements frame of polychrome enamelled decoration
Interior with angels and monstrance surmounted by the Holy Spirit framed by Corinthian columns
Unmarked

5x5,2 cm
46.9 g


Category

Jewellery


Additional Information

Similar examples at the British Museum (inv.1978,1002.100), at the American Hispanic Society (inv.R3480), as well as at Madrid's Archaeological and Decorative Arts Museums

Literature::
AA.VV. - The Art of the Jeweller, A Catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum, London, 1984, p.264



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