Limoges champlevé enamel gilt copper tabernacle 03
An important Limoges champlevé enamel gilt copper tabernacle, late 12th / early 13th century.
The rectangular form with pyramidal top and palmette finial, the body with turquoise and dark blue enamel ground interspersed with rosettes, circles and cross-forms and with horizontal bands.
The front panel with a figure of Christ in relief flanked by the Virgin and St. John with relief heads.
The side panel with door depicting full length images of St. Peter and Paul within an arched niche, their heads in relief.
The back panel with the enthroned Virgin in relief and within an aureole.
The final side panel depicting the Myhr-Bearing Women and Angel, their heads in relief.
Each triangular panel of the pyramidal top depicting a symbol of one of the Four Evangelists, with the faces in relief.
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Limoges champlevé enamel gilt copper tabernacle 03
An important Limoges champlevé enamel gilt copper tabernacle, late 12th / early 13th century.
The rectangular form with pyramidal top and palmette finial, the body with turquoise and dark blue enamel ground interspersed with rosettes, circles and cross-forms and with horizontal bands.
The front panel with a figure of Christ in relief flanked by the Virgin and St. John with relief heads.
The side panel with door depicting full length images of St. Peter and Paul within an arched niche, their heads in relief.
The back panel with the enthroned Virgin in relief and within an aureole.
The final side panel depicting the Myhr-Bearing Women and Angel, their heads in relief.
Each triangular panel of the pyramidal top depicting a symbol of one of the Four Evangelists, with the faces in relief.
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