Roundel with a Personification of the Moon, ca. 860–890, Made in south central France, Carolingian, Cloisonné enamel, Copper alloy, gilding, iron back plate, Overall: 3 3/8 x 1/4 in. (8.6 x 0.6 cm), Enamels-Cloisonné, This plaque is one of the earliest known examples of the cloisonné-enamel technique in the West. The moon (luna) is symbolically represented here as a female sky goddess riding in a chariot and holding torches
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Roundel, Personification, Moon, ca, 860–890, south central France, Carolingian, Cloisonné enamel, Copper alloy, gilding, iron back plate, Overall, 3 3/8 x 1/4, 8.6 0.6 cm, Enamels-Cloisonné, plaque, earliest, examples, cloisonné-enamel technique, West, moon, luna, symbolically represented, female sky, goddess, riding, chariot, holding torches
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