Buccellati Sterling Silver Maschera Ligorica Vintage Italian Pendant

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Buccellati Sterling Silver Maschera Ligorica Vintage Italian Pendant
This is a beautiful and rare  Italian sterling silver pendant by Buccellati. From a collection of works called "Maschera Ligorica", circa 1960-1970.
In 1919, Mario Buccellati opened his first enterprise and, after the establishment of stores in Milan, Rome and Florence, began the development of his overseas business by opening a new store on Fifth Avenue in New York in 1954 and another in Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, Florida in 1958. In 1949, Mario Buccellati was commissioned to create an icon by Pope Pius XII for Princess Margaret to mark the extraordinary power of the first visit of a British Royal to Vatican City in hundreds of years. This magnificent work of art can be admired today at the Chianciano Art Museum in Tuscany
Stunning detailed sterling silver renaissance revival pendent, figural Bacchus/ Dionysius image.
Signed on the reverse Buccellati Italy Sterling.
Measures 2 1/4 inches tall with out the ring, 1 3/8 inches wide. Weighs 31.8 grams