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Three Romanesque enamel plaques
Artist: Medieval
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1150
Materials: copper-gilt and enamel
Dimensions: 10 x 10 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £75,000 (Total: £825,000; tax remission)
Vendor: Christie's
Review number: 3413 (1989)
Provenance:
Lent by J.E.W.Rolls to Manchester Art Treasures exhibition in 1857; by descent, lent to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1924 by Lady Shelley-Rolls.
Description:
Three enamel plaques depicting (1) Alexander being drawn to Heaven in a chariot, (2) a man, possibly Samson, fighting a lion and (3) a man riding a camel.
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