Pendant in the form of a parrot, late 16th–early 17th century, probably Spanish, Baroque pearls with enameled gold mounts and with pendant pearls, Height: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, A comparable pendant from an inventory preserved in the Archivo del Real Monasterio in Guadalupe, Spain, is illustrated by Priscilla E. Muller, who noted that parrots were preferred subjects for Spanish Renaissance jewels and that another Spanish inventory of 1559 described one of “green-enameled gold” with “a pearl as its body, two suspended from its wings, a third atop the jewel
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Pendant, form, parrot, late 16th–early 17th century, Spanish, Baroque pearls, enameled gold mounts, pendant, Height, 2 7/8, 7.3 cm, Metalwork-Gold, Platinum, comparable, pendant, inventory preserved, Archivo del, Real, Monasterio, Guadalupe, Spain, illustrated, Priscilla E, Muller, noted, parrots, preferred subjects, Spanish Renaissance, jewels, another Spanish, inventory, 1559 described, green-enameled gold, pearl, body, two suspended, wings, third atop, jewel
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