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A Very Rare Rock Crystal and Gold Tabernacle Jewel in the Form of a Lantern Mexico, Late 16th Century.
The gold mounts decorated with blue, green, red and white enamels; some losses to the enamels commensurate with age; the hollowed out centre to the rock crystal contains minutely carved boxwood scenes from Christ’s passion; Christ receiving the crown of thorns, bearing the cross, Saint Veronica with her veil, and the crucifixion.
For similar examples of this type of work see – The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no. 17.190.886, and British Museum accession nos. W.B.182, W.B.183 and A.F.2864. Comparative literature – P. Lesley, Renaissance Jewels and Jewelled Objects, from the Melvin Gutman Collection, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1968 p.63; Wardropper I , Renaissance Jewelry in the Alsdorf Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2000 p.79. The piece is 3.3cms in height and 1.6cms in Width
Dimensions
The piece is 3.3cms in height and 1.6cms in WidthThe BADA Standard
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