print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1888,0704.4
- Title
- Object: Le Saint ciboire
- Description
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A Limoges ciborium decorated with glass cabochons and individual representations of saints and angels, all seen half-length; the support is decorated with foliate scrolls inhabited by figures; above the lid is a handle decorated with angel busts; proof before letter of plate 45 in the second volume of Viollet-le-Duc's 'Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l'époque carolingienne à la Renaissance' (Paris: Gründ et Maguet, 1858-1870), 6 volumes
Etching
- Production date
- 1858-1870
- Dimensions
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Height: 300 millimetres
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Width: 220 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The ciborium, executed c.1200 by Master Alpais in gilted copper with champlevé enamel and glass cabochons, is in the Louvre (MRR 98).
The lettered state indicates that Viollet-le-Duc was the intermediary draughtsman.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l'époque carolingienne à la Renaissance
- Acquisition date
- 1888
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1888,0704.4