Blessed are the Middle Ages

Result EUR123,500

Published on 05 February 2021, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 27 January 2021 - 16:30 (CET) - Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

The sale took place under the protection of an image of an enthroned Christ raising his hand in benediction engraved on a rare copper plaque and included two preemptions by the National Museum of the Middle Ages in Paris.

Carolingian or more probably Byzantine, 9th-11th century. Curved, engraved and gilded... Blessed are the Middle Ages

Carolingian or more probably Byzantine, 9^th-11^th century. Curved, engraved and gilded bronze plaque featuring the Nativity in the lower part and the seated Christ in the upper register, h. 18.3 cm, l. 12.2 cm (7.21 x 4.81 in).
Result: €123,500

After receiving a letter from the French Ministry of Culture, two extremely rare, unprecedented mid-12th-century stained glass windows from the abbey church of Saint-Denis were withdrawn from the sale, which proceeded normally. Right at the start, a curved plaque in chased and…

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