LARGE PROCESSIONAL CROSS WITH WOODEN CORE AND SILVER COVERING.
Italy.
Presumably 16th century.
Wooden core with mounted sheet silver.
High multi-sectioned shaft ending in a console. The cross ends in the form of cassettes
with volutes and twisted knobs. Central medallion with engraved Christ monogram IHS and a
depiction of virgin and child with saint Anne in relief.
Measurement: 86x43cm.
Enclosed: Velvet covered pedestal; decorated with beam-shaped sheet silver.


Provenance:
Private collection southern Germany.
Art trade; Van Ham.