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Wed 26 Jun

Processional cross, walnut core, silver repoussé, chased and gilded, applique figures, remnants of black, green and blue enamels. Branches with redents ending in a quatrefoil, rim decorated with spherical elements, decoration of rosettes and rosettes, flowery scrolls on the edges. Front: Christ with head tilted to the right shoulder, draped perizonium with lateral fall, superimposed feet; busts of the Virgin Mary, Saint John, God the Father blessing and Mary Magdalene. Reverse: at the intersection, St. Francis receiving the stigmata, surrounded by the Tetramorph. Spherical gilded copper knot, adorned with four engraved silver medallions depicting Saint Sebastian, the Nativity, Saints Gervais and Protais and a saint in front of ramparts holding a monstrance (?) in his right hand. Italy, Abruzzo or Marche, entourage of Pietro Vannini (Ascoli, circa 1413 - 1496), mid-15th century H. 61.5 cm - L. 39.5 cm Molded walnut base Total H. 75.4 cm - Total weight: 3.541 kg (missing spherical elements, minor accidents, later rings, possibly associated knot from the same period and of comparable quality). The workmanship of this processional cross is of fine quality and its state of preservation remarkable, apart from some loss of enamel. The associated knot, with its large silver medallions and finely chased circles, also testifies to the work of a major silversmith. In comparison with the large processional cross in the Musée de Cluny, attributed to Pietro Vannini (inv. Cl. 9927, fig. a), the sconce figures here can be compared to the work of this Ascoli silversmith (figs. b and c). Works consulted - Sculture preziose. Oreficeria sacra nel Lazio dal XIII al XVIII secolo, Rome, 2015, p. 102-103 and p. 206-207 - Emile Bertaux, "Trésors d'Eglises. Ascoli Piceno et l'orfèvre Pietro Vanini", In: Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire, vol. 17, 1897, pp. 77-112 - Giuseppe Clerici, "Cultura e oreficeria del Quattrocento marchigiano: Pietro Vannini", In: Storia dell'arte, Nuova serie, n. 11, 2005, p. 35-58 - Ilaria Pecorelli, "Pietro Vannini's processionnal cross", In: Revista chileno-española, académico científica de humanidades, arte y cultura, no. 7, March 2020

Estim. 12 000 - 15 000 EUR

Wed 26 Jun

Ring with green chromiferous chalcedony and finely chased, openwork and enameled gold setting, white, red and black enamel. Square bezel set with a high-relief cameo depicting the head of a chubby child with a neck surrounded by a strawberry; ring with protruding fillet and lateral lugs, rounded bezel base adorned with protruding, ridged X-ribs. Cameo: Roman period, partly altered during the Renaissance Mounting: 16th century, circa 1570/80 H. 2.9 cm - Gross weight: 3.6 g (some missing enamel) Chromiferous chalcedony was widely used for jewelry and seals throughout the Roman Empire, only to see its use disappear after the 2nd century. The origin of this mineral is unclear, for although Pliny the Elder described it as originating in India, no deposits have ever been found there. It seems to have originated in Anatolia, present-day Turkey. This is probably a cameo depicting Eros, a widespread theme in Antiquity, as can be seen in many gem collections. It would have been adapted to Renaissance tastes by re-cutting the neck to form a collar to match the fashion of the time worn by children during the third quarter of the 16th century, as shown by the marble bust of a little girl in the Louvre Museum (inv. RF 1634, fig.a). The same museum also holds a ring with a similar but less refined setting, found in the Seine in 1841 (inv. OA 654, fig.b,b'). Works consulted : - R. Gennaioli, Le gemme dei Medici al Museo degli Argenti, Florence, 2007, pp. 355-357 - P. Vittellozzi, Tesori di una collezione privata intagli, cammei, gioielli, objets de vertu, Pérouges, 2017, cat. 131 and 132, p. 183 and 184

Estim. 20 000 - 30 000 EUR

Wed 26 Jun

Silver talisman ring with mounted otolith. On the ring, inscription of part of the trisagion: AGIOS+O T[H]EOS+AT[H]ANA[TOS] (Holy and Immortal God). HR hallmark of a master subscriber. Southeastern France, second half of the 18th century H. 3 cm - L. 2.4 cm - W. 1.8 cm (slight deformation of the ring in conformity with the original model) This ring reproduces the pastoral ring reputed to have belonged to Saint Peter of Tarentaise (fig.). This holy abbot, founder of the Abbey of Tamié, was a Cistercian monk born in 1102 at Saint-Maurice-l'Exil (Isère) and died on September 14, 1174 at Bellevaux in Franche-Comté. His tomb soon became a popular place of pilgrimage, and the many miracles performed there led Pope Celestine III to canonize the abbot in 1191. Among the relics that pilgrims came to venerate at Bellevaux were his mitre, chalice and ring. After revolutionary looting, the relics were dispersed among several churches. The ring was collected by the Archbishopric of Besançon and handed over to the Abbey of Tamié, which the saint had founded, and which therefore already preserved several of his relics. Master subscribers were silversmiths residing in towns without a jurande or Bureau de la Marque. In order to avoid costly and dangerous travel each time they had to apply a charge or discharge hallmark, they were authorized to contract with the Fermier an annual subscription to the rights of the Mark, fixed at a flat rate and payable annually or by quarter, based on their estimated production. In this way, they applied their hallmark twice. Book consulted: - "Notes sur quelques objets trouvés dans la châsse de saint Pierre en Tarentaise" in Annuaire du Doubs, 1881, pp. 74-75

Estim. 500 - 800 EUR