Details
A South German 15th/16th Century silver-gilt devotional guad pendant,
formed as the Crucifixion, the figure of Christ upon a tree-form cross with lopped branches and titulus inscribed INRI, coiled open-work loops linking the haloed figures of the Virgin and St.John, above a skull for Golgotha, suspending a pierced bead drop, to a ribbed design pendant loop.
See Plate 5
formed as the Crucifixion, the figure of Christ upon a tree-form cross with lopped branches and titulus inscribed INRI, coiled open-work loops linking the haloed figures of the Virgin and St.John, above a skull for Golgotha, suspending a pierced bead drop, to a ribbed design pendant loop.
See Plate 5
Provenance
Dr Albert Figdor Collection, Vienna
Further details
Cf.R. Lightbown, Mediaeval European Jewellery, V&A Pub. 1992,p.515, S. Bury, V&A Jewellery Gallery Summary Catalogue, 12/G no. 14. and "Sammlung Religiose Kunst" Fischer Heilbhonner Kunst unt Auctionhaus Heilbhonn, June 1989,p.21. no. 16 and 17.