A encolpion from Russia,
gold, emeralds, pearls, the hinged lid with engraved scene of the Mother of God reclining on a blanket, 2 midwives bathing the new-born, with St. Joseph, verso decorated with an engraved scene depicting the birth of Mary, St. Anna in confinement, 3 neighbours, St. Joachim, one woman arranging the bed, the other bathing the new-born, the erroneous inscription: Birth of Christ, inscription on the margin: clothes and bones of St. Olympiada ?, pendant, 6 x 4,5 cm, Gross Weight: 61 g, probably Kremlin workshops, 15th/16th Cent., (Lu)
An exceptional and early gold piece; similar objects in the treasury of the Moscow Kremlin. A museum-quality object of the greatest rarity.
Esperto: Dr. Georg Ludwigstorff
Dr. Georg Ludwigstorff
+43-1-515 60-363
antiquitaeten@dorotheum.at
25.11.2014 - 13:00
- Stima:
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EUR 10.000,- a EUR 18.000,-
A encolpion from Russia,
gold, emeralds, pearls, the hinged lid with engraved scene of the Mother of God reclining on a blanket, 2 midwives bathing the new-born, with St. Joseph, verso decorated with an engraved scene depicting the birth of Mary, St. Anna in confinement, 3 neighbours, St. Joachim, one woman arranging the bed, the other bathing the new-born, the erroneous inscription: Birth of Christ, inscription on the margin: clothes and bones of St. Olympiada ?, pendant, 6 x 4,5 cm, Gross Weight: 61 g, probably Kremlin workshops, 15th/16th Cent., (Lu)
An exceptional and early gold piece; similar objects in the treasury of the Moscow Kremlin. A museum-quality object of the greatest rarity.
Esperto: Dr. Georg Ludwigstorff
Dr. Georg Ludwigstorff
+43-1-515 60-363
antiquitaeten@dorotheum.at
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| Asta: | Argenti |
| Tipo d'asta: | Asta in sala |
| Data: | 25.11.2014 - 13:00 |
| Luogo dell'asta: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
| Esposizione: | 15.11. - 25.11.2014 |