Lot Essay
A finely carved ivory relief of the Mocking of Christ by Christoph Daniel Schenk, dated 1685, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (A.26-1933).
Details
A SOUTH GERMAN IVORY AND BLOODSTONE DECADE ROSARY, by Christoph Daniel Schenk, the oval ivory relief depicting St Peter on one side and the Penitent Magdalene on the other, signed with the monogram C. D. S. and indistinctly dated ..6.83, in a gold and green enamel frame, with a gold filigree tassel connecting the relief to a strand of eleven graduated bloodstone beads, and a bloodstone loop, circa 1683
14½in. (36.8cm.) long
14½in. (36.8cm.) long
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
E. von Philippowich, Elfenbein, Braunschweig, 1961, p. 85, pl. 64
J. Evans, A History of Jewellery 1100-1870, London, 1970, pp. 77-8, pl. 38
J. Fischer, Heilbronn, 'Sammlung Religiöse Kunst', 10 June 1989, lots 2, 14-5, 102-3
E. von Philippowich, Elfenbein, Braunschweig, 1961, p. 85, pl. 64
J. Evans, A History of Jewellery 1100-1870, London, 1970, pp. 77-8, pl. 38
J. Fischer, Heilbronn, 'Sammlung Religiöse Kunst', 10 June 1989, lots 2, 14-5, 102-3