Anonymous, Italian School
14th cent.
Chalice with a Stem and Base Containing Images of Various Saints
Siena, between 1350 and 1400
Silver gilt and translucent enamel in blue, green, yellow, light blue, and purple.
Height: 9 1/2 in. (241 mm); width of knob: 3 in. (76 mm); width of base: 7 7/8 in. (200 mm); width of cup: 4 5/8 in. (117 mm)
AZ003
Provenance
Church of San Michele, Siena; V. Oppenheim, Cologne (1880-1905); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan from Baron Oppenheim of Cologne through Jacques Seligmann, 1902.
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Inscribed in Latin, CALIX ABBIE SIC MICHAELIS DE SEN (cup of the Abbey of St. Michael of Siena).
Summary
In one of the plaques, St. Michael, the patron saint of the abbey, fights a dragon. Also represented are SS Christopher, Mary Magdalene, John the Baptist, and others.
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