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Romanesque silver-gilt shrine

Description

An unpublished Romanesque repousse silver-gilt shrine, probably a chrismal or chrismatory, from a Benedictine foundation such as Christ Church Canterbury or Monte Cassino.

A most important addition to the corpus of Romanesque metal work.

Commentary

See Medieval Art in Focus VII for full details.

Provenance

Private collection Siena to 1990.
Private collection Florence and Paris to 2019.

Literature

Unpublished