Estimate

10.000 - 15.000

Session 2

18 May 2016

Hammer Price

Description

Silver
Front with relief, engraved and chiseled decoration in the renaissance manner with architectonic structure and columns set with miniatures
Pediment with two figures, one representing Moses, the other Saint John the Baptist, centre bearing coat-of-arms
Upper frieze depicting Our Lady with the Child flanked by kings and saints
Central panels depicting Passion of Christ surrounded by the Evangelists and angels
Base with three cartouches, two representing Paul and Peter, flanked by two sphinxes
Back with architectonic structure, two griffin feet and niello panels depicting renaissance motifs and Coronation of Our Lady with angles, saints and patrons
Handle representing classical mask
Work of 19th century, possibly Italian
(wear signs, defects and pediment centre missing)

35x26,5x8 cm
2381 g

Category

Silver

Additional Information

Proveniência/ Provenance:
Sothebys’s NY, 29 de Jan. 1999
Colecção Particular/ Private collection