A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER CROSS AND CHAIN
Lot 340

A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER CROSS AND CHAIN

VELIKII USTIUG, LATE 17TH CENTURY

Closed1 June 2015

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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SILVER CROSS AND CHAIN
VELIKII USTIUG, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Of traditional form, the cross enamelled with varicoloured scrolling foliage on white ground on one side and a cross on the reverse, the link chain with flowerheads, enamelled in white, light blue, dark blue and orange, unmarked
The cross 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, the chain 56 in. (142 cm.) long

Specialist note

For a comparable cross and chain, see N. V. Kalyazina, Russian Enamels of the XII-XX Centuries from the Collection of the State Hermitage, Leningrad, 1987, pl. 39.