Quatrilobed Plaque: The Descent from the Cross

c. 1350–1400
Overall: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
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These plaques were probably originally placed at the end of the arms of a processional cross. They are decorated in an enameling technique called basse-taille in which colorful translucent enamel pastes are fused over an engraved and chased silver plaque.
Quatrilobed Plaque: The Descent from the Cross

Quatrilobed Plaque: The Descent from the Cross

c. 1350–1400

Spain, Catalonia?, 14th century

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