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LOT 2110
Medieval Pewter Pilgrim's Sudarium Pendant
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (5.7 grams, 35 mm).
Comprising a stirrup-shaped band supporting right-angled bolt of fabric with woven detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a retired Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman's collection, a long time member of the Pewter Society.
LiteratureSee ‘Way to the Calvary’, Netherlands circa 1510, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no.15.12; in Fogg., S., Medieval Faces, London, 2020, fig.32 (Saint Veronica and the Mandylion).
FootnotesThe sudarium is the cloth with which St Veronica wiped the sweat from Jesus' face in medieval legend.
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