Sep Ancient Art & Paintings & Collectibles
Lot 288:
Description
7*3.08cm Wt:26.49g
19th-century European Gothic-Revival solid-gold reliquary shrine pendant. Modelled after a Gothic church-spire tabernacle, finely open-work pierced throughout, featuring pointed spire, traceried lancet windows and clustered columns. A carved saint figure stands within the central niche; suspension loop at apex for wear as a pendant.Gothic-Revival constituted a major artistic movement of the 1800s. This shrine-pendant functions both as jewellery and devotional object, its interior chamber originally intended to hold relic fragments.Solid-gold surfaces show age-related wear; intricate open-work carving remains intact, chamber structure sound, suspension loop secure, overall in good preserved condition.
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