Hanging Reliquary
third quarter of 12th century
Medium/TechniqueVernis brun and gilding on copper over wooden core; cabochons and rock crystal
Dimensions16.9 x 10.6 x 3.7 cm (6 5/8 x 4 3/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number49.480
On View
On viewClassificationsEnamels
Collections
Yvonne J. Markowitz, “Hanging Reliquary” in Artful Adornments: Jewelry from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston by Yvonne J. Markowitz (Boston: MFA Publications, 2011), 21.
ProvenanceA public sale at Croissy, France. 1927, A. Gilbert collection; November 29 - December 1, 1927, posthumous Gilbert sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot 28. 1931, Alfred Rütschi, Zürich; September 5, 1931, Rütschi sale, Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, lot 44, possibly to Theodor Fischer, Lucerne (?) [see note 1]; August 31, 1938, sold by Fischer to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P15066); May 12, 1949, Brummer sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 369, to the MFA for $350. (Accession Date: May 12, 1949)
NOTES:
[1] This is conjectural, based upon the fact that the object was auctioned at the Galerie Fischer, and sold seven years later by Fischer to Brummer.
NOTES:
[1] This is conjectural, based upon the fact that the object was auctioned at the Galerie Fischer, and sold seven years later by Fischer to Brummer.
about 1181–1200
about 1907
late 18th–early 19th century
1479–1508
about A.D. 50
About 17th century
19th century
19th century
18th century
second half of the 16th century
about 1410–20
late 18th century