Angel, ca5, Northeast French, Copper Alloy with mercury gilding, Overall: 2 3/8 x 11/16 x 1/2 in. (6 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, The remnants of two pins on the reverse of this statuette suggest it once was a relief figure attached to a small shrine or reliquary. In its proportions, contrapposto, drapery folds, and hairstyle, this diminutive figure recalls mid-thirteenth century sculptures of angels on the great French cathedrals
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Angel, ca5, Northeast French, Copper Alloy, mercury gilding, Overall, 2 3/8 x 11/16 1/2, 6 1.7 1.2 cm, Metalwork-Copper alloy, remnants, two pins, reverse, statuette suggest, relief figure, attached, small shrine, reliquary, proportions, contrapposto, drapery folds, hairstyle, diminutive, recalls, mid-thirteenth, century, sculptures, angels, great, cathedrals
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