Limoges enamel plaque: Vertical rectangle, Crucifixion with the Resurrection of Adam
Limoges, France, early 13th century
Champlevé enamel.
AZ111
Provenance
Octave Homberg; his sale, Paris 11-16 May 1908, lot 527; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan from Jacques Seligmann in 1910.
Summary
Ornamented green cross suggest the Tree of Life. Hand of God, flanked by two angels issue from a cloud at top. Christ, crucified by four nails (rather than the 3 popular in the Gothic period) is flanked by Mary and John. Below, Adam rises from his tomb.
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