French, Limoges, 13th century

Châsse or Christmatory

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January 30, 07:02 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

French, Limoges, 13th century

Châsse or Christmatory

enamelled gilt copper

4 1/4 by 5 1/2 by 2 3/4 in.; 10.8 by 14 by 7cm.

Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris, early 1930s;
The Frits Philips Collection, Sold Sotheby's Amsterdam, 4 December 2006, lot 432

E. Bertrand, Émaux Limousins du Moyen Âge, Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris, 1995, no. 43, illus.

The Chrismatory originally contained Holy Oils and would have had an interior fitted for their inclusion. The demi-figures of angels can be stylistically compared to those on a Chrismatory in the Metropolitan Museum in New York, although the present example does not have the applied copper heads.

RELATED LITERATURE

B. Boehm, Enamels of Limoges 1100-1350, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1996, nos. 72-74