
Lot 1029 - A164 Furniture & Sculptures - Thursday, 21. March 2013, 10.00 AM
PROCESSIONAL CROSS,Limoges, early 13th century. Wooden core mounted with chased and gilt copper, set with glass stones and champleve enamel plaques in turquoise, dark blue, red and green. The Corpus Christi in engraved, gilt and enameled copper. One side of the cross with the crucified Christ and half-figures of the Evangelists at the cross ends. Verso with round, enamel plaque of Christ in Majesty. The cross ends with the symbols of the Evangelists. Losses and chips. Supplements. H 41 cm.
Provenienz: Schweizer Privatbesitz. Schönes und weitgehend wohl original erhaltenes Prozessionskreuz, in Form und Dekor typisch für die Arbeiten aus der Zeit um 1225/1230. Lit.: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Enamels of Limoges 1100-1350, New York 1996; S. 315/316.
CHF 24 000 / 36 000 | (€ 24 740 / 37 110)
Sold for CHF 74 400