Pyx, ca. 1250, Made in Limoges, France, French, Copper: engraved, gilt; champlevé enamel, Overall: 4 1/4 x 2 11/16 in. (10.8 x 6.8 cm), Enamels-Champlevé, The white discs inscribed with Christograms, ihs (Jesus), suggest a common form of the host (communion wafer) that this conical box would have held.
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Pyx, ca, 1250, Limoges, France, French, Copper, engraved, gilt, champlevé enamel, Overall, 4 1/4 x 2 11/16, 10.8 6.8 cm, Enamels-Champlevé, white, discs, inscribed, Christograms, ihs, Jesus, suggest, common form, host, communion wafer, conical box, held
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