Sale 7086
London
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10 November 2005
Price realised
GBP 12,000
Estimate
A COPPER AND ENAMEL CRUCIFIX LIMOGES, 13TH CENTURY With an enamelled figure of Christ to the centre and an apostle beneath; the cross engraved extensively with foliate scroll-work and decorative borders; also with three applied rock crystal cabochons; traces of gilding; indistinctly inscribed in ink to the reverse '298 GGLLX T4II'; in a later red velvet-covered rectangular mount; minor losses 13 7/8 in. (35.4 cm.) high
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