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Tabernacle

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Tabernacle

Date:: ca. 1200–1210
Geography:: Made in Limoges, France
Culture:: French
Medium:: Copper (plaques): engraved, scraped, stippled, and gilt; (appliqués): repoussé, chased, engraved, scraped, and gilt; champlevé enamel: blue-black, dark, medium, and light blue; turquoise, dark and medium green, yellow, red, and white; wood core, painted red
Dimensions:: Overall: 12 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 11/16 in. (31.8 x 16.5 x 17 cm)
Classification:: Enamels
Credit Line:: Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941
Accession Number:: 41.100.184

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 304

Description

This tabernacle was found in Bethlehem Square, Prague, in the nineteenth century, on the site of the Romanesque church of Saints Philip and James.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: IH [ESU]S XPS (Christus)
Provenance

J. Neuberg ; Adalbert von Lanna, Prague (1885–sold November 1909, Berlin); George and Florence Blumenthal, Paris and New York (until 1941)
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