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LOT 0370
Gold and Enamelled Pendant for the Order of Saint Dominic
SPAIN, CIRCA 1630 A.D.
2 1/4 in. (18.33 grams, 56 mm).
Bifacial openwork pendant decorated with black and white enamel, featuring a central cross with fleur-de-lys terminals, the border decorated with alternating lozenges and annulets; some re-enamelling.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13401-257987.
See Muller, P.E., Jewels in Spain, and Kugel, J., Joyaux Renaissance, Une Splendeur Retrouvée, for similar examples; see also an emerald pendant in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, that bears the cross of the same order, accession no. M.308-1910.
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LOT 0370
Gold and Enamelled Pendant for the Order of Saint Dominic
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,000 (EUR 1,160; USD 1,350) +BP*
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