Provenance

Count Ferdinand de Lasteyrie

active late 19th century

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The sculpture depicts a bird crafted from metal and decorated with colored enamels. The bird is perched atop a circular base with gold embellishments. The metal bird has detailed blue and green enamel work on the wings and tail.
French 13th Century, Pyx in the Form of a Dove, c. 1220/1230, gilded copper with enamel, Widener Collection, 1942.9.284

Pyx in the Form of a Dove

French 13th Century · c. 1220/1230 · gilded copper with enamel ·  Accession ID  1942.9.284

Bibliography

1890

  • Rupin, Ernest. L'oeuvre de Limoges. Paris, 1890: 228.