Rosary with a double-sided carved amber terminus depicting a - Lot 85

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Rosary with a double-sided carved amber terminus depicting a - Lot 85
Rosary with a double-sided carved amber terminus depicting a crowned head of Christ and a skull, formerly attached to a silver chain composed of ten faceted oval amber beads, thirteen filigree spheres (eleven small, one medium, and one large), and a cross with rosette-shaped centers. Southern Germany, Swabia, Schwäbisch Gmünd, 18th century, with a 17th-century Baltic amber terminus bead H. 3.3 cm Terminal bead, H. 3.4 cm Total L. 41.2 cm - Gross weight: 29.9 g Works consulted: - U.-B. Frei, F. Bühler, Der Rosenkranz - Andacht, Geschichte, Kunst: Museum Bruder Klaus Sachseln, Bentelli, 2003, cat. 11, 40, and 50. - C. Coppinger, Amber, Thalia Edition, 2009, pp. 86–87.
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