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LOT 0319
Large Medieval Limoge Enamelled Gilt Bronze Saint
LATE 12TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (41.5 grams, 92 mm).
Comprising a flat, tongue-shaped body with a segmented surface with remains of blue and red enamel; above, the head modelled in the half-round with short curly hair, round eyes and a flat nose; two rivet-holes to the body.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Taburet-Delahaye, E. & Boehm, B.D., L'Œuvre de Limoges, Paris, 1995, p.195; The British Museum, museum number 1854,1212.3; The Walters Art Museum, accession number 44.18 and 44.257.
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LOT 0319
Large Medieval Limoge Enamelled Gilt Bronze Saint
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£750 (EUR 870; USD 1,013) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £100
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Medieval Silver Plaque Depicting Presentation Scene
Northern France or Flanders, 15th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Rectangular plaque with reserved border and fluted spandrels to the upper corners; figural scene with standing nimbate female in veiled robe holding a book in one hand; before her, a standing child with hand raised towards her and behind him an adult male in knee-length tunic with a travelling cloak; altar with stepped base, paved floor, latticework with quatrefoils at the nodes; mounted on a custom-made stand. 241 grams total, 94 mm, 15.3 cm including stand
Mrs Chester D. Tripp. Gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art in honour of William Wixom, 1979. Deaccessioned by the museum before 2000. Private collection, Scotland, acquired at auction in Zurich in 2000. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13543-262827.
The plaque shows a child being presented by his father to a nimbate female saint wearing a veil covering her hair. The plaque features fictitious cusped architectural arches that spring from small corbels at each of the upper corners and embellish the plain borders framing the scene, as well as the tiled floors and diaper-pattern background ornamented with small cross motifs.
