Chasse with Christ in Majesty and the Lamb of God, ca. 1180–90, Made in Limoges, France, French, Champlevé enamel: blue-black; dark, medium, and light blue; turquoise, dark and light green, yellow, red, translucent wine red, and white; wood core, painted red on exterior; copper: engraved, scraped, stippled, and gilt., Overall: 8 11/16 x 9 1/4 x 4 3/16 in. (22 x 23.5 x 10.7 cm), Enamels-Champlevé, This chasse served as a container for saints’ relics—often bones or pieces of cloth. The chasse depicts Christ in Majesty surrounded by saints on the lower front and the Lamb of God, emblematic of Jesus, flanked by angels on the sloping roof
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Chasse, Christ, Majesty, Lamb, God, ca, 1180–90, Limoges, France, French, Champlevé enamel, blue-black, dark, medium, light blue, turquoise, green, yellow, red, translucent wine red, white, wood core, painted, exterior, copper, engraved, scraped, stippled, gilt, Overall, 8 11/16 x 9 1/4 4 3/16, 22 23.5 10.7 cm, Enamels-Champlevé, chasse, served, container, saints, relics—, bones, pieces, cloth, chasse depicts, Majesty surrounded, lower front, emblematic, Jesus, flanked, angels, sloping roof
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