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Lot 249
  • 249

A Baroque gold enamelled and jewelled crucifix, probably french, second quarter of the 17th century

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

the figure of Christ modelled in gold and enamelled in white, the nailheads set with small diamonds, the cross and part of the base composed of lapis lazuli and mounted with finely enamelled gold finials, set with rubies, the domed base raised on eight cherub and skull feet, the whole mounted on a shaped jasper base. 

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson, Houston
Sold Sotheby's, New York, May 31, 1986, lot 189

Catalogue Note

Compare the intricate black and white enameling, a characteristic of Paris workshops of the second quarter of the 17th century, in Les Gemmes de la Couronne, Musée de Louvre, Paris, 2001, cat.no. 24, p.90.