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Limoges enamel plaque: Vertical rectangle, Crucifixion with skull at base of cross

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Limoges,France, 13th century.
Copper-gilt and champlevé enamel.
8 3/4 x 4 5/16 inches (222 x 111 mm)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1910.
AZ110
Notes: 

From a book cover.

Inscription: 
Mark on back: incised cross.
Provenance: 
Octave Homberg; his sale, Paris 11-16 May 1908, lot 527; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan from Jacques Seligmann in 1910.
Summary: 

Figure of Christ in full.

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School: 
French
Century: 
13th century
Classification: 
Object
Department: 
Drawings and Prints