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PYXIDE in embossed copper and polychrome champlevé enamel. T…
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148
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PYXIDE in embossed copper and polychrome champlevé enamel. T…
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €4,000
Voluntary lot
Description
PYXIDE
in embossed copper and polychrome champlevé enamel. The body is decorated with a frieze alternating stylised escarboucles and fleur-de-lis discs in fleurons against a turquoise background, with a lapis blue underlay. The conical lid features the same alternating motifs. The interior is gilded, with a slightly concave base.
France, Limoges, mid-13th century.
Total height: 10.1 cm – Diameter: 6.2 cm
(Signs of wear, minor damage, restoration, cross possibly added later)
Provenance:
– Anonymous sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, Mes Rheims & Laurin, 19 June 1970, lot no. 4 (illustrated).
– Private collection, Europe.
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