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      Medieval Europe - 900 - 1450 A.D.

   
Late Romanesque / Early Gothic Openwork Beast Mount
 
 

   Openwork copper-alloy mount with a fabulous beast with an interlaced tail. The openwork background is a composition of interlaced vegetals. The beast is
   typical of the medieval zoomorphic ornamentation. The general shape is still romanesque.

   This element was probably a casket or book mount, and can be compared to Limoges or British artefacts of the same period, f.i. the Romanesque pendant
   of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (57.673), or the fabulous beast mounts of the Musée de Limoges.

   Material : Copper Alloy
   Process : Cast Copper, engraved, chased, gilded ?
   Origin : Western Europe
   Provenance : ex. German Antiquities Dealer
   Period : (late) XII c.
   Dimensions : Diam. : 4,5 cm

        Ref. : md-040  

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   Museum Equivalent : Boston Museum of Fine Arts mount inv.57.673

   Bibliography : Medieval Objects in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Enamels and Glass, Northeastern University Press 1984
                                      Enamels of Limoges 1100-1350, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Exhibition Catalog / Abrams, inc. 1995

 

 

 
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