PORTUGUESE, LATE 17TH CENTURY | BOW-KNOT PENDANT
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July 9, 12:35 PM GMT
Estimate
2,400 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
PORTUGUESE, LATE 17TH CENTURY
BOW-KNOT PENDANT
set with diamonds, later mounted as a brooch
103mm., 4.08in.
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Private collection, Spain
This exceptional Portuguese bow-knot pendant compares closely with an example in the National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon (inv. no. 908 J). The latter is described as 'an exceptional example of a bow-knot pendant, of exquisite design... The blending of these two types of ornament, the bow and the cross, resulted in the typical Portuguese laça bow-knot used to this day with an infinite variety of designs (op. cit., p. 47).
RELATED LITERATURE
L. d'Orey, Five Centuries of Jewellery. National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon, Lisbon, 1995, pp. 46-47, no. 60