Title
Rosary
Year/Period
16th-17th century
Region
Indo-Portuguese, India
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Gross measurement: L: 87 x W :20.3 cm
Accession No.
2011-03165
Collection of
The rosary is composed of amber beads of various sizes set in filigree silver and linked by interlocking chains. The centre of the rosary takes form in a shape of a cross with a silver openwork pendant at each terminal ends. The central silver pendant represents Virgin Mary and child Christ above a church borne by angels supported by a stylised ‘putto’. The remaining lateral there pendants depicts IHS, a common Christogram and an emblem of Society of Jesus.
