An processional cross

42 - An processional cross

Limoges, early 13th century Champlevé-Email-Plakette mit der Darstellung eines Engels in Rot, Blau und Grün. Die Wood. Copper engraved, stamped and gilt. With an enamelled figure of an angel to the centre. The cross engraved with decorative borders. Also with eight applied turquoise cabochons. Traces of gilding. On the reverse label inscribed with inventory number in ink "90 1S / C". Minor losses. Darstellungen, die mit polychromem Grubenschmelz verziert sind. Zwischen 1150 und 1175 20.7 cm long Erzeugnissen befriedigten. In dieser Zeit wird der Terminus "opus lemovicense" geprägt. In Limoges enamel was produced at Limoges in France. It`s the most famous European center of vitreous enamel production by the 12th century. Its works were known as Opus de Limogia or Labor Limogiae. Limoges became famous for champlevé enamels, producing on a large scale. Champlevé plaques and "chasse caskets" or reliquaries were eventually almost mass-produced and affordable by parish churches and the gentry. enamels, producing on a large scale. Champlevé plaques and "chasse caskets" or reliquaries were eventually almost mass-produced and affordable by parish churches and the gentry. Literatur: P. Thoby: Les Croix Limousines, Paris 1953, Tafel XXIX. Museumskatalog: Enamels of Limoges 1100-1350. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1996, 33-39.

Limoges, Anfang 13. Jh.

Catalogueprice: 4.000 - 8.000 €

Result: 8.000,00 EUR

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