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image of Ciborium
Spanish 14th Century (artist)
Ciborium, c. 1330/1350
gilded copper and champlevé enamel
Overall (height): 36.1 cm (14 3/16 in.) overall (diameter of bowl): 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.) overall (diameter of base): 17.7 cm (6 15/16 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.279
From the Tour: Medieval Metalwork and Enamels
Object 7 of 8

1935Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 30.
1942Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 9, as Limoges 14th Century, Ciborium of copper gilt with champlevé enamel.
1952Christensen, Edwin O. Objects of Medieval Art from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1952: 18-22, 30.
1967Howell, C. W. "Ciborium." In New Catholic Encyclopedia. New York, 1967: 3:870, repro.
1972Gauthier 1972, 191-192, 376, no. 140, repro. 191.
1975Ebitz, David McKinnon. In Eucharistic Vessels of the Middle Ages. Exh. cat. Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975: 84-85.
1981Leone de Castris, Pierluigi. In Medioevo e produzione artistica di serie: smalti di Limoges e avori gotici in Campania. Ed. Giusti and Leone de Castris. Exh. cat. Museo Duca di Martina, Naples, Florence, 1981: 18.
1983The Thomas F. Flannery, Jr. Collection; Medieval and Later Works of Art. Sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 1 December 1983: 50-51, under no. 37.
1993Distelberger, Rudolf, Alison Luchs, Philippe Verdier, and Timonthy H. Wilson. Western Decorative Arts, Part I: Medieval, Renaissance, and Historicizing Styles including Metalwork, Enamels, and Ceramics. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1993: 41-45, color repro. 42.

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