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Sienna?, Italy, 15th century.
Silver-gilt, with painted panel, enamel, and glass.
height: 8 1/8 inches (205 mm); depth: 3/4 inches (20 mm); width: 5 1/4 inches (135 mm)
AZ055
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Enamel roundel surmounting Pax bears the arms of the Benucci family of Siena.
Provenance:
Durlacher; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, June 1905.
Summary:
Rectangular enamel plaque depicting the Holy Family; [Mary, S. Joseph, the Christ Child, S. Anne, S. Elizabeth, S. Joachim, and S. John the Baptist(?)] and three little angels. Three medalions with the Christ and two saints in enamel on the base.
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