LOT 0310A EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL SILVER GILT DISH WITH NIELLO LION - WITH R...
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Ca. 1200-1400 AD, Western Europe, Likely Limoges. A finely modelled dish from Western Europe, highly likely from Limousin region of France, renowned for its enamel production. The centre tondo is delicately crafted in niello inlay gilded with a mythological animal, possibly a lion with long curling tail. The tondo is surrounded by a conical shaped border with zigzag decoration; The internal section is gilt inlaid with decoration in silver; the centre portrays a star-shape motif above the tondo, conjoined by a interwined decoration. The reverse side portrays a shallow body with conical shaped incised tondo modelled to a defined style. The tondo is decorated with a star-shaped motif of which is conjoined conical shaped connectives, intertwined by zoomorphic decoration. Item comes with a professional historical report from Ancient Report Specialists. For another Limoges dish see: Metropolitan Museum of Art: 49.56.8.Size: L:142mm / W:22.7mm ; 109.53g Provenance: Property of a European collector, acquired on the UK market in 2018; formerly in a collection of R. Taylor until 1991; formerly in a collection of J. Adams, London; previously sold on the UK market in 1967.
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