Limoges around 1200

Limoges around 1200 An enamelled copper tabernacle, Limoges, around 1200 Panels: Engraved, embossed, and partially gilded copper; appliques: Cast, engraved, partially gilded and enamelled copper. This box-like tabernacle is surmounted by a steep, four-sided roof with a cross atop it. The wings of the front bear images of St Peter and a bishop. The left hand side depicts the Adoration of the Magi, the right the flight into Egypt. The reverse is adorned with a depiction of Christ in a mandorla, the iconography of which is completed by the symbols of the Evangelists on the four faces of the roof. This previously unknown tabernacle was used to store a pyx containing the consecrated Host. Only very few comparable pieces appear to have been produced in Limoges throughout the 12th - 13th century, as only seven examples of this type have been preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Musée du Louvre (Paris), the church of San Sepolcro (Barletta), the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum (Munich) and the Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence). Wear with partial loss to the gilding. In good overall condition with only minor dents, the tip of the cross lost. 20.5 x 10.5 x 11 cm.

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