SPANISH, POSSIBLY CATALONIAN, 15TH CENTURY, WITH SOME REPLACEMENTS TO ROCK CRYSTAL

细节

A ROCK CRYSTAL AND ENAMEL PROCESSIONAL CROSS
SPANISH, POSSIBLY CATALONIAN, 15TH CENTURY, WITH SOME REPLACEMENTS TO ROCK CRYSTAL
The rounded top and ends framing square blocks enclosing four enamel medallions with the Virgin and St. John on the outer arms and a central one of Christ and above Agnus Dei, above further segmented block shaft and incised copper support, on a later velvet-covered wooden plinth support, the iron structural support later and the channels probably redrilled
24 in. (61 cm.) high; 25½ in. (65 cm.) high, overall; 16½ in. (42 cm.) wide

来源

Anonymous sale, Fischer, Lucerne, 5 September 1931, no. 67.
Alfred Ruetschi, Zurich.

出版

H. Hahnloser and S. Brugger-Koch, Corpus der Hartsteinschliffe des 12.-15. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, no. 83.

拍品专文

A dazzling combination of large chunks of faceted rock crystal and delicately colored enamel medallions, affixed to a large support staff, this cross would have played a significant role in Spanish religious processions and ceremonies. Part of a group attributed to the Catalonian region, it relates to others from the region and is a sophisticated and significant piece (H. Hahnloser and S. Brugger-Koch, op. cit., nos. 72 and 80).