Property from a Private Collection
French, Limoges, 13th century
Châsse or Christmatory
Lot Closed
January 30, 07:02 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
French, Limoges, 13th century
Châsse or Christmatory
enamelled gilt copper
4 1/4 by 5 1/2 by 2 3/4 in.; 10.8 by ⭕;14 by 7cm.
Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris, early 1930s;
The Frits Philips Collection, Sold Sotheby's Amsterdam, 4 December 2006, lot 432
The Frits Philips Collection, Sold Sotheby's Amsterdam, 4 December 2006, lot 432
E. Bertrand, Émaux Limousins du Moyen Âge, Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris, 1995, no. 43, illus.
The Chrismatory originally contained Holy Oils and would have had an interior fitted for their inclusion. The demi-figures of angels can be stylistically compared to those on a Chrismatory in the Metropolitan Museum in New York, although th🐽e present example does not have the applied copper heads.
RELATED LITERATURE
B. Boehm, Enamels of Limoges 1100-1350, Metropolitﷺan Museum of Art, New York, 1996, nos. 72-74