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a Limoges champlevé enamel Casket circa 1200-1220
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
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Description
- 10 by 14 by 6.5cm
probably a Chrismatory, decorated with demi-figures of angels emerging from clouds within roundels, with zoomorphic appliques at the clasp and four corners of the roof
Provenance
Brimo de la Roussilhe, Paris, in the early 1930's. This Chrismatory is illustrated in Bertrand 1995, no. 43
Literature
RELATED LITERATURE:
Limoges 1995-1996, nos. 72-74
Limoges 1995-1996, nos. 72-74
Catalogue Note
The Chrismatory originally contained Holy Oils and would have had an interior fitted for their inclusion. The depiction of the angels can stylistically be compared to those on the Chrismatory in the Metropolitan Museum in New York, illustrated in the Limoges exhibition catalogue, although the present example does not have the applied copper heads.