Virgin and Child, ca. 1270–1300, Made in Limoges, France, French, Copper: repoussé, engraved, gilt, cut out and nailed; champlevé enamel: lapis and light blue, red; gems; wood core (walnut), Overall: 17 1/16 x 8 x 6 in. (43.4 x 20.3 x 15.2 cm), Enamels-Champlevé, Through the course of the thirteenth century, goldsmiths in Limoges increasingly specialized in the creation of gilded copper sculpture—freestanding, as here, or in relief, with enamel used only as a decorative accent
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Virgin, Child, ca, 1270–1300, Limoges, France, French, Copper, repoussé, engraved, gilt, cut out, nailed, champlevé enamel, lapis, light blue, red, gems, wood core, walnut, Overall, 17 1/16 x 8 6, 43.4 20.3 15.2 cm, Enamels-Champlevé, course, thirteenth century, goldsmiths, Limoges increasingly specialized, creation, gilded copper, sculpture—freestanding, relief, enamel, decorative accent
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