Coffret
Unknown
ca. 1190 · Copper: engraved, stippled, and gilt; champlevé enamel: dark, medium, and light blue; green, yellow, red, and white; wood core with applied parchment, gesso; traces of red paint. · Medieval Art
Rarely do such handsome enamel chests survive intact. Replete with charming images of animals and warriors, this example may have been used by either a worldly prince or a church official.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1190
- Medium
- Copper: engraved, stippled, and gilt; champlevé enamel: dark, medium, and light blue; green, yellow, red, and white; wood core with applied parchment, gesso; traces of red paint.
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
