ID 791849
Lot 3 | ATTRIBUTED TO THE MASTER I.C., LIMOGES, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000
THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR
set of twelve oval enamel plaques; each with a scene representing a month of the year and with a zodiac symbol in clouds above; ten with the name of the month inscribed in gilt lettering; each in a modern polychrome, parcel-gilt wood surround and frame
7 1⁄4 x 5 3⁄4 in. (18.5 x 14.6 cm.) each; 11 1⁄2 x 10 in. (29.3 x 25.4 cm.) each, overall
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Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
S. L. Caroselli, The Painted Enamels of Limoges, Los Angeles, 1993, pp. 31-33, 108-121, 175-189.
S. Baratte, Les Emaux peints de Limoges, Paris, 2000.
V. Notin et al., La Rencontre des Héros, exhibition catalogue, Musée municipal de l'Évêché, Limoges, 2002, pp. 158-185.
S. Higgott, The Wallace Collection – Catalogue of Glass and Limoges Painted Enamels, London, 2011, pp. 258-263.
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Enamel, Plastic |
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| Art style: | Renaissance |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Category: | Plaque |
| Auction house category: | Statuettes |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Enamel, Plastic |
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| Art style: | Renaissance |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Category: | Plaque |
| Auction house category: | Statuettes |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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