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LOT 0345
Elizabethan Gold Cross Pendant
16TH-EARLY 17TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.59 grams, 21 mm).
A gold bifacial cruciform pendant comprising: outer frame of four lobes confining a cross moline with saltire to the centre, pierced lug to three arms each with a gold dangle, fourth with larger pierced tab for suspension.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Post Medieval Relief with St Francis Scene
Italian, 18th century A.D. or laterEstimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
A carved marble figural panel depicting a religious scene, probably St. Francis of Assisi receiving the Holy Stigmata; a kneeling figure in loose-fitting cowl and habit with knotted cord to the waist, arms spread and head raised towards a chiaroscuro sunburst with a figure at the centre, wearing a loincloth and affixed to a plain cross, borne up by three pairs of wings attached to the shoulders and thighs; below, a second, smaller figure holding a book; all in a landscape with a tree at right behind the larger figure; mounted on a custom-made stand. 75 cm high including stand
English private collection.
The scene probably represents the events just prior to the end of the life of St. Francis of Assisi: while he was praying on a mountain with his companion, Brother Leo, he is said to have had a vision of a seraph (a six-winged angel on a cross) which gave him the gift of the stigmata, the five wounds of Christ. The apparition caused a deterioration in Francis's health and no cure could be found, so the saint spent the remaining days of his life dictating his spiritual message to Leo, who preserved the record of these events.
