Processional cross in brass embossed, melted, engraved and chased with enamelled cabochons. Upright and arms of the cross of cylindrical section underlined by a spiral line, terminations decorated with collars of fleur-de-lys preceding flattened spheres with radiating motif in application, hemispherical node decorated with six enamel cabochons painted with heads of saints in left profile on a purplish background accompanied by inscriptions. Front: Christ in perizonium with median fall and bent legs with superimposed feet, medallion fleurdelysé in the upper part; reverse: Virgin and Child.
Central France, circa 1500 / 1530
Height: 54 cm
(small accidents and missing parts)
Very similar processional crosses are preserved in the churches of Pierrefort and Cassaniouze (Cantal) and Ouagne (Nièvre).
Work consulted:
Aurillac 1996 Exhibition, Goldsmithing in Haute-Auvergne, Les Ecuries, cat.42 and 43.
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