A SILVER-MOUNTED VERRE ÉGLOMISÉ PENDANT DEPICTING THE PENITENT MAGDALEN

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A SILVER-MOUNTED VERRE ÉGLOMISÉ PENDANT DEPICTING THE PENITENT MAGDALEN
ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY

In a later velvet pouch embellished with gold thread, the reverse with several old collection labels including one inscribed 'LANNA 912'.
The suspension loop lacking.
2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) high

Provenance

Freiherr Adalbert von Lanna, Prague; Lepke's, Berlin, 23 March 1911, lot 723, illustrated (Plate 38)

Literature

Exhibited

Lot Essay

Although the present pendant has a Lanna Collection label on the reverse bearing the number 912, it is very clearly illustrated as lot 723 in the sale catalogue of Lanna's collection, where it sold for 55 Marks.

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