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| Keywords: French - Reliquary Shrine with Christ and Apostles - Walters 44106 - Side A.jpg A reliquary shrine was made to hold the precious relics or remains of a saint On this example Christ is seated at the center of both the roof and the lower panel flanked by a pair of apostles under gracefully curving arches The half-length figures were made separately and attached to the brightly colored enamel surfaces early Other date century 13 Medieval champlevé enamel on copper with gilding cm 23 5 27 5 9 5 accession number 44 106 9032 Prince de Wagram Boissy-Saint-Leger Brimo de Laroussilhe Paris by purchase Henri Daguerre Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1928 Enamels Museum of Contemporary Crafts New York 1959 The Arts of Man Dallas Museum of Art Dallas 1962 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Champlevé of Europe Limoges champlevé Medieval reliquaries Art of France in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
