拍品 197
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AN ARMENIAN GEMSET AND ENAMELLED RELIQUARY
AN ARMENIAN GEMSET AND ENAMELLED RELIQUARY
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AN ARMENIAN GEMSET AND ENAMELLED RELIQUARY

OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY

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AN ARMENIAN GEMSET AND ENAMELLED RELIQUARY
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
The pendant of ogival form with cusped edges, decorated in openwork with a pronounced cross with rosette centre and trefoil edges, two split palmettes emerging from the bottom and two pomegranates in the upper interstices, simple leafy scrolls decorated with white, green and blue enamels in between, the reverse with a central depression with hinged cover, the reverse of the cross and the vegetal motifs decorated with Christian imagery in gold reserved against deep blue or green ground, a later attachment loop above, and a single suspended pearl from the bottom and each edge
2½in. (6.4cm.) high excluding attachment loop
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Please note that this reliquary pendant dates to the 17th century rather than the 18th century as stated in the printed catalogue.

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Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse
Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse

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The curved fronds at the base of the cross forming a typical Armenian cross identify that the patron of this reliquary was Armenian. A processional cross in the treasury of the Cathedral of Etchmaidzin has very similar enamel decoration and is embellished with inset gemstones and pearls in an almost identical fashion to this reliquary. That example is dated to the 18th century, (Dr. Sirarpie Der Nersessian, Treasures of Etchmiadzin, Yerevan, 1984).

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