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CALICE en cuivre repoussé, gravé et doré. Base à six lobes ornés des Instr

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CALICE in embossed, engraved and gilded copper. Six-lobed base decorated with the Instruments of the Passion and scrolls| shaft decorated with arcatures| flattened knot on the six sides bearing the inscription in Gothic letters ihs vere filius dei erat (Jesus was truly the Son of God). Roussillon, first third of the 16th century
H. 22,7 cm
Gilded
decoration The shape of this chalice, with its poly-lobed base and flattened bow with sides, can be compared with the one kept in the church of St Julien and St Basilissa in Vinça (Pyrénées-Orientales).
WORK CONSULTED
H. Palouzié sous la dir.de, Mémoires d'orfèvres - L'orfèvrerie classée Monument historique des églises du Languedoc-Roussillon, Paris, 2011, p 179.
PROVENANCE
Private collection, South of France