A COPPER AND ENAMEL CRUCIFIX

A COPPER AND ENAMEL CRUCIFIX

LIMOGES, 13TH CENTURY

With an enamelled figure of Christ to the centre and an apostle beneath; the cross engraved extensively with foliate scroll-work and decorative borders; also with three applied rock crystal cabochons; traces of gilding; indistinctly inscribed in ink to the reverse \'298 GGLLX T4II\'; in a later red velvet-covered rectangular mount; minor losses

13 7/8 in. (35.4 cm.) high