

Lot 84Y
19 February 2008, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £504 inc. premium
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A double-sided religious reliquary of St. Francis of Assisi; on one side wearing white robes and ermine-trimmed pale green cloak holding a crucifix to his chest in front of an open bible; on the other side in a rocky landscape holding a skull.
Watercolour on vellum; the latter side surrounded by complex gold wirework, flowers stitched in silk, groups of seed pearls and strips of vellum inscribed with saints' names, gilt-metal frame.
Oval, 88mm (3 7/16in) high (2)
Watercolour on vellum; the latter side surrounded by complex gold wirework, flowers stitched in silk, groups of seed pearls and strips of vellum inscribed with saints' names, gilt-metal frame.
Oval, 88mm (3 7/16in) high (2)
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Part illustrated