Lot 3. A Renaissance gold, diamond, enamel and wood, reliquary pendant. Estimate £3,000 – £4,500 ($4,263 - $6,395). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The central carved and gilded boxwood standing figure of the Madonna holding the infant Christ in her left arm, wearing a table-cut diamond-set crown, within a table-cut diamond architectural frame, the reverse with the three Christian pillars of 'Faith, Hope and Love' in blue enamel beneath a white enamel openwork canopy, the diamond, green and blue enamel hinged base opening to reveal a reliquary compartment enclosing holy relics, circa 1600, 4.7cm

Provenance: Property of a European lady acquired prior to 1985

Christie's. JEWELLERY, 6 April 2016, London, South Kensington