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LOT 0433
Spanish Silver-Gilt Cross with Corpus Christi
LATE 15TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
18 1/4 in. (758 grams, 46.5 cm).
Applied cross bottony silver-gilt plates with frond detailing to the edges, pounced fields, reserved running tendril motif with gilt detailing; high-relief quatrefoil panels with emblems of the four evangelists; Corpus Christi modelled in the round with gilt loincloth, cross roundel to the rear; later wooden mounting with loop to the reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
with Lopez de Aragon, Madrid, 2014.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12044-212171.
Literature
Cf. Wixom, W.D., Mirror of the Medieval World, New York, 1999, item 225, for type.
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