Chasse with The Crucifixion and Christ in Majesty, ca. 1190, Made in Limoges, France, French, Champlevé enamel: dark, medium, and light blue; turquoise, green, yellow, opaque and translucent red, and white; wood core, painted red on exterior; copper: engraved, stippled and gilt., Overall (crest removed): 6 9/16 x 8 1/4 x 3 5/16 in. (16.7 x 21 x 8.4 cm), Enamels-Champlevé, The shape of this chasse, or container for the relics of a saint, is one of the most commonly produced during the Middle Ages, and the scenes of the Crucifixion, Christ in Majesty, and Apostles are so standard that it is impossible to say what relics it originally housed
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Chasse, Crucifixion, Christ, Majesty, ca, 1190, Limoges, France, French, Champlevé enamel, dark, medium, light blue, turquoise, green, yellow, opaque, translucent red, white, wood core, painted, exterior, copper, engraved, stippled, gilt, Overall, crest removed, 6 9/16 x 8 1/4 3 5/16, 16.7 21 8.4 cm, Enamels-Champlevé, shape, chasse, container, relics, saint, commonly produced, Middle Ages, scenes, Apostles, standard, impossible, say, originally housed
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