Plaque with the Massacre of the Innocents, ca. 1150, Made in possibly Saxony, Germany, German, Champlevé enamel, copper-gilt, Overall: 4 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 1/8 in. (11.4 x 13 x 0.3 cm), Enamels-Champlevé, The artist of this plaque used dramatic and distorted postures to convey the horror of the Massacre of the Innocents ordered by King Herod after the birth of Jesus. It comes from a larger ensemble whose form and function is unknown
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Plaque, Massacre, Innocents, ca, 1150, Saxony, Germany, German, Champlevé enamel, copper-gilt, Overall, 4 1/2 x 5 1/8 1/8, 11.4 13 0.3 cm, Enamels-Champlevé, artist, plaque, dramatic, distorted postures, convey, horror, Innocents ordered, King Herod, birth, Jesus, comes, larger ensemble, form, function, unknown
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