Lot Essay
For comparable examples of the suffering Christ with arms outstretched and staring eyes, see Stohlman and Thoby, locs. cit..
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A GILT-COPPER AND ENAMEL CORPUS FIGURE
Details
A GILT-COPPER AND ENAMEL CORPUS FIGURE
LIMOGES, 13TH CENTURY
The eyes inset with glass.
Some wear to gilding; minor losses to enamel.
6 5/8in. (16.8cm.) high
LIMOGES, 13TH CENTURY
The eyes inset with glass.
Some wear to gilding; minor losses to enamel.
6 5/8in. (16.8cm.) high
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
F. Stohlman, Gli Smalti del Museo Sacro Vaticano, Vatican City, 1939, p. 39, no. 538, pl. XVIII
P. Thoby, Les Croix Limousines de la fin du XIIième au début du XIViéme siècle, Paris, 1953, pp. 8-9, nos. 36-7, 43, pls. XXII-XXIII
F. Stohlman, Gli Smalti del Museo Sacro Vaticano, Vatican City, 1939, p. 39, no. 538, pl. XVIII
P. Thoby, Les Croix Limousines de la fin du XIIième au début du XIViéme siècle, Paris, 1953, pp. 8-9, nos. 36-7, 43, pls. XXII-XXIII