Two gilded and chased copper plaques with champlevé... Lot 4

Two gilded and chased copper plaques with champlevé enamel. Limoges. France. Romanesque. Circa 1225 - 1250. Each plaque is richly and magnificently decorated with dark blue, sky blue, lapis lazuli blue, turquoise, green, white, red and yellow toned enamels. In the upper part are two medallions with an angel inside, resting on a cloud, surrounded by scroll decoration of foliage and flowers. The quality of the chasing is outstanding, as well as the great chromatic variety of the enamel. In a magnificent state of preservation. 21 x 10 cm. each. Provenance: - George Hoentschel, J. Pierpont Morgan, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. - Acquired at Sotheby's Londn on 6/7/1989, lot nº 17. Published in: Collections Georges Hoentschel (1855-1915). Émaux du XII eme au Xvème siecles. Introduction et Notices. (Volume 1) Perate, Andre and Georges Hoentschel. Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1911.