23 décembre 2015
Eight beads of a rosary fragmentary, Early 16th century, Italy (?)
Eight beads of a rosary fragmentary, Early 16th century, Italy (?). Bronze, gilt, champlevé, 17 x 1,7 cm. Ident.Nr. F 3477. Kunstgewerbemuseum © Foto: Kunstgewerbemuseum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Foto Saturia Linke.
The beads formed in the form of six-sided prisms with Eckstegen originally belonged to a rosary, as it is obtained, for example, to a modern Madonna procession in the parish church in Ueberstorf (CH, Canton of Fribourg). The individual parts... [Lire la suite]