PROBABLY ITALIAN, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

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A LOZENGE-SHAPED GOLD PENDANT
PROBABLY ITALIAN, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY
Engraved on one side with the Immaculate Virgin and the other with a male saint; constructed in two halves, hinged, and held by a screw finial
2 7/8 in. (7.4 cm.) high; 14½ in. (36.8 cm.) long, the chain

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Lot Essay

In terms of construction, form and style of decoration the present pendant relates very closely to another dating to the 17th century in the Berger collection, Vienna, (W. Hausler, Judaica: die Sammlung Berger : Kult und Kultur des europäischen Judentums, Munich, 1978, no. 705).

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