Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Maine | Wyvern Research Institute

Reliquary châsse with the Crucifixion and Christ in Majesty, French (Limoges), c. 1195-1200, champlevé enamel on copper, engraved and gilded, with applied gilt-copper heads, on a wood (probably oak) core; h. 20.1 cm x l. 15.6 cm x d. 8cm

Diptych with St George and the Virgin Eleousa, Ethiopia and possibly Crete, c. 1500 and c. 1480-90, tempera and gold on wood; h. 12.2 cm x w. 20 cm (open)

Saint Valerie holding her head, French, late 19th century, in the style of Limoges 13th century, copper, golded with champlevé enamel, glass beads and gems; h. 28 cm x w. 16.3 cm (base), w. 11.5 cm (throne)

Relief from a pax with the Tree of Jesse, South German (possibly Upper Rhenish), c. 1500, mother-of-pearl; h. 12.5 cm x w. 8 cm

Chalice, Byzantine Empire (possibly Constantinople), 6th-7th century, silver, parcel-gilt; h. 8.8 cm x diam. 9.9 cm, foot: h. 1.1 cm x diam. 4.5 cm

Censer, German (probably Lower Rhine), late 12th century, copper alloy; h.20.5 cm

Reliquary châsse with the Crucifixion and Christ in Majesty, French (Limoges), c. 1195-1200, champlevé enamel on copper, engraved and gilded, with applied gilt-copper heads, on a wood (probably oak) core; h. 20.1 cm x l. 15.6 cm x d. 8cm
Diptych with St George and the Virgin Eleousa, Ethiopia and possibly Crete, c. 1500 and c. 1480-90, tempera and gold on wood; h. 12.2 cm x w. 20 cm (open)
Saint Valerie holding her head, French, late 19th century, in the style of Limoges 13th century, copper, golded with champlevé enamel, glass beads and gems; h. 28 cm x w. 16.3 cm (base), w. 11.5 cm (throne)
Relief from a pax with the Tree of Jesse, South German (possibly Upper Rhenish), c. 1500, mother-of-pearl; h. 12.5 cm x w. 8 cm
Chalice, Byzantine Empire (possibly Constantinople), 6th-7th century, silver, parcel-gilt; h. 8.8 cm x diam. 9.9 cm, foot: h. 1.1 cm x diam. 4.5 cm
Censer, German (probably Lower Rhine), late 12th century, copper alloy; h.20.5 cm

Relief from a pax with the Tree of Jesse, South German (possibly Upper Rhenish), c. 1500, mother-of-pearl; h. 12.5 cm x w. 8 cm

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