Gold APPLIQUE MEDAL, lost wax casting, white opaque enamel, - Lot 142

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Gold APPLIQUE MEDAL, lost wax casting, white opaque enamel, - Lot 142
Gold APPLIQUE MEDAL, lost wax casting, white opaque enamel, green, blue, sky blue and red translucent enamels representing the Adoration of the Magi. France, second half of the 16th century H. 2.4 cm - L. 2.1 cm In a base with a Plexiglas magnifying glass 3 000/5 000 This small medallion was probably an applique to adorn a pendentive-reliquary. The Musée de Picardie in Amiens has a reliquary pendant (inv M.P.M, 3063.555.5.2 on deposit at the Musée Nationale de la Renaissance - Château d'Ecouen) with an applique of the same type. Also a pendant-reliquary kept at the Bibliothèque municipale de Rouen, deposit at the Musée des Antiquités de Rouen (inv D.70.5) is decorated with a similar applique in enamelled gold representing Noli Me tangere. - 140 - MARIE MADELEINE in mother-of-pearl carved and engraved. Southern Germany or Northern Italy, 16th century H. 5,5 cm 150/200 - 141 - CUP OF A CALICE with gilded copper coat of arms, shield fess with seven pieces to the band charged with three flowers of lilies. 18th century D. 12 cm - H. 13 cm Book consulted: Julie Rohou and François Séguin, Bijoux du quotidien, Un trésor picard redécouvert. Les cahiers du Musée National de la Renaissance, 2021, pp54-55
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