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Lot Description

Three Spanish Champlevé and Gilt-Copper Plaques from a Processional Cross

Aragon or Catalonia, Circa Second Quarter 14th Century A.D.

Height of tallest 3 3/4 inches (9.53 cm).

Property from The Brummer Collection from Drs. John and Pat Laszlo, Atlanta, Georgia

Provenance:
Victor Gay Collection, prior to 1883, Paris; thence by descent, 1883-1909.
Ernest Brummer (1891-1964), Paris & New York.
Ella Bache Brummer, New York, 1964-1999; thence by descent to her nephew, Dr. John Laszlo, Atlanta, Georgia.

Published:
Galerie Koller and Spink & Son, Zurich, The Ernest Brummer Collection: Medieval and Renaissance Art, Vol. I, 16-19 October 1979, nos. 239, 240, 241 (illus.).

Literature:
Ch. de Linas, "Les Crucifix Champleves Polychromes", Revue de l'Art Chretien, 1885, p. 466.
V. Gay, Glossaire Archeologique, IV, Paris, 1885, p. 623.
G. Francois, "L'oeuvre de Limoges et de la Chaine Pyreneenne" Croix emaillees "aragonaises" au XIVe Siecle," Actes du 104e Congres National des Societes Savantes, Bordeaux, 1979.

These three plaques were once part of a professional cross made in the 14th Century A.D. in Catalonia. They were reunited in New York between 1909 and 1970, and belong to a group of objects in the British Museum (Acc. no. 95,12-15,I), K Kofler Collection, Lucerne (E.59), and Czartoryski Museum, Cracow (Acc. no. I137).

Condition Report

Inspected under UV light and 10x loupe. Some gouges and losses to enamel. Weathering to surface with areas of darker patination. Overall in fine and stable condition. See additional images.

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