Important Medieval Works of Art From the Collection of the Late Ernst Boehlen

French, Limoges, circa 1220-1250

Crozier Head with Christ and Mary Magdalene (Noli Me Tangere)

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July 3, 02:32 PM GMT

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150,000 - 250,000 GBP

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Important Medieval Works of Art From the Collection of the Late Ernst Boehlen


French, Limoges, circa 1220-1250

Crozier Head with Christ and Mary Magdalene (Noli Me Tangere)


gilt and champlevé enamelled copper

30.5cm., 12in.

Victor Martin Le Roy (1842-1918), Paris;

Thence by inheritance to J.J. Marquet de Vasselot (1871-1946), Neuilly sur Seine;

Thence by descent until 1991;

With Alain Moatti, Paris, 1993;

From whom acquired by Dr Ernst Boehlen, Bern

G. Migeon, La collection de Martin Le Roy, Paris, 1902, p. 19;

J.J. Marquet de Vasselot, Catalogue raisonné de la collection Martin Le Roy, Paris, 1906, vol. I, no. 35, pl. XXV;

W. Burger, Abendländische Schmelzarbeiten, Berlin, 1930, pp. 120-121, fig. 71;

J.J. Marquet de Vasselot, Les crosses limousines du XIIIe siècle, Paris, 1941, p. 231, no. 62, pl. XII

Paris, Petit Palais, Exposition Universelle, 1900, cat. no. 2441 (and 2575)

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