Reliquary Shrine, ca. 1325–50, Made in Paris, France, French, Gilt-silver, translucent enamel, paint, open: 10 × 16 × 3 5/8 in. (25.4 × 40.6 × 9.2 cm), Enamels-Translucent, Attributed to Jean de Touyl (French, died 1349/50), This sumptuous reliquary sets the Virgin and Child, accompanied by angels, within an elaborate architectural shrine. The arches, vaults, and sculptural decorations are of gilded silver; translucent enamel panels on the wings depicting scenes from the life of the Virgin and the Infancy of Christ evoke stained-glass windows
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Reliquary Shrine, ca, 1325–50, Paris, France, French, Gilt-silver, translucent enamel, paint, open, 10, 16, 3 5/8, 25.4, 40.6, 9.2 cm, Enamels-Translucent, Attributed to Jean de Touyl, died, 1349/50, sumptuous, reliquary, sets, Virgin, Child, accompanied, angels, within, elaborate architectural, shrine, arches, vaults, sculptural decorations, gilded silver, panels, wings depicting, scenes, life, Infancy, Christ evoke, stained-glass, windows
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