拍品专文
The cells of amulets such as the present lot were meant to hold crayfish eyes, which were thought to have mystical associations.
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PROBABLY PRAGUE, CIRCA 1600
细节
A GOLD AND ENAMEL-MOUNTED ROCK-CRYSTAL AMULET
PROBABLY PRAGUE, CIRCA 1600
The faceted rock crystal carved in two halves, with nine internal cells and set within an elaborate polychrome enamel gold frame.
Losses to enamel.
3 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. (8.5 x 6.7 cm.)
PROBABLY PRAGUE, CIRCA 1600
The faceted rock crystal carved in two halves, with nine internal cells and set within an elaborate polychrome enamel gold frame.
Losses to enamel.
3 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. (8.5 x 6.7 cm.)
来源
Sotheby's, New York, European Works of Art from the Private Collection and Gallery of the Blumka Estate, 9-10 January 1996, lot 210.
展览
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, The Age of the Marvelous, 1991, no. 40, p. 265.
注意事项
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