Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art
Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from a Private Collection
French, Limoges, second half 13th century | Reliquary châsse with Angels
Lot Closed
December 5, 03:08 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
French, Limoges, second half 13th century
Reliquary châsse with Angels
partially gilt and champlevé enamelled copper
15.5 by 20 by 6.5cm., 6 1/8 by 8 by 2½in.
Christie's Amsterdam, 7 November 2007, lot 148
Decorated with a series of engraved half-length angels within circular medallions, the present casket follows a design produced in Limoges in the second half of the 13th century. A châsse of near-identical composition is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. no. 17.190.329) while another, with only three medallions on each plaque, is in the Cluny Museum in Paris (inv. no. Cl. 982).
RELATED LITERATURE
E. Rupin, L'Oeuvre de Limoges, Paris, 1890, p. 333, fig. 398
RELATED LITERATURE
E. Rupin, L'Oeuvre de Limoges, Paris, 1890, p. 333, fig. 398