Lot Essay
There is a similar pyx in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Department of Western Art, loan 234.
Details
A COPPER AND ENAMEL PYX
LIMOGES, MID 13TH CENTURY
Traces of gilding; the clasp and finial cross lacking; some losses to enamel.
4in. (10cm.) high
LIMOGES, MID 13TH CENTURY
Traces of gilding; the clasp and finial cross lacking; some losses to enamel.
4in. (10cm.) high
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
E. Rupin, L'Oeuvre de Limoges, Paris, 1890, pp. 201-211, figs. 263, 270 and 271
M.-M. Gauthier and G. François, Medieval Enamels. Masterpieces from the Keir Collection, ed. and trans. N. Stratford, London, 1981, no. 26
E. Rupin, L'Oeuvre de Limoges, Paris, 1890, pp. 201-211, figs. 263, 270 and 271
M.-M. Gauthier and G. François, Medieval Enamels. Masterpieces from the Keir Collection, ed. and trans. N. Stratford, London, 1981, no. 26