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The Treasury of Basel Cathedral

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Statuette of King David, about 1280 (Virgin and Child, incorporating a cameo of about 1150); about 1290–1300 (figure of David, incorporating an antique cameo of the 2nd or 3rd century A.D.); about 1320 or shortly thereafter (reliquary group); 15th century (crown and base)
Upper Rhineland, possibly Constance
Raised, cast, and cut gold, with a sardonyx cameo, glass, and garnet (David and the Virgin); raised, cast, and gilded silver, with translucent basse-taille enamel, glass, and gemstones (crown, lower section); and gilded wood (base); H. (overall) 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Historisches Museum Basel





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