Reliquary with Enthroned Christ (Obverse) and Virgin and Child (Reverse)
mid-12th century
Object PlaceEngland or Lower Saxony
Medium/TechniqueChamplevé enamel and gilding on copper
DimensionsOverall: 6 x 6 x 0.6cm (2 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 1/4in.)
Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession number55.466
On View
Not on viewClassificationsEnamels
Collections
ProvenancePossibly Charles Crodel (b. 1894 - d. 1973), Halle, Germany [see note 1]. Until 1953, Dr. Philip Nelson (b. 1872 - d. 1953), Liverpool; February 1, 1955, Philip Nelson and others sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 93, to Mrs. Hunt (probably Putzel Hunt) [see note 2]; probably sold by Mrs. Hunt to John Hewett (b. 1919 - d. 1994), London; February 9, 1955, sold by Hewett to Herbert Bier, London; 1955, sold by Bier to the MFA for $84. (Accession Date: September 15, 1955)
NOTES:
[1] According to notes in the MFA curatorial file. [2] According to the list of buyers' names published by Sotheby's. John and his wife Putzel Hunt were friends and associates of John Hewett in London.
NOTES:
[1] According to notes in the MFA curatorial file. [2] According to the list of buyers' names published by Sotheby's. John and his wife Putzel Hunt were friends and associates of John Hewett in London.
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