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Nicholas of Verdun
Arras Reliquary
Cologne or Mosan, Germany, ca. 1200.
Crystal, with copper-gilt mountings and champlevé enamel decoration.
height: 14 3/8 inches (365 mm); base: 5 3/4 inches (146 mm) diameter
AZ040
Provenance
Paul Boudot, Bishop of St. Omer (1619-1627); Mlle. Agnes de Mailly, Convent of the Ursulines, Aire-sur-la-lys; Convent of the Ursuline Order at Arras; Lannoy, Paris; Simon Goldschmidt; Sigismond Bardac, Paris; acquired by J. Pierpont Morgan from Jacques Seligmann & Co., February 1909.
Summary
Rock crystal cylinder with foot, knob, and lid in copper-gilt champlevé enamel.
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