Antique Renaissance Christ Treading On The Beasts Pendant fine jewelry a timeless vessel that holds

a timeless vessel that holds a loved one's ashes and a classic symbol of mourning

Able to hold photographs

This pendant was originally a brooch

to make a deal with Pluto for the return of his daughter

different civilizations have regarded the snake in many ways:  for the Egyptians

Antique Renaissance Christ Treading On The Beasts Pendant fine jewelry a timeless vessel that holdsThis is a wonderful Renaissance devotional pendant, dating to the 16th 17th century. It depicts a radiant "Christ Treading On The Beasts", a subject found in Late Antique and Early Medieval art. "The iconography derives from Biblical texts, in particular Psalm 91 (90): 13: "super aspidem et basiliscum calcabis conculcabis leonem et draconem" in the Latin Vulgate, literally "The asp and the basilisk you will trample under foot you will tread on the