'Christ alive'. Chased copper figure, with slight... Lot n° 2

'Christ alive'. Chased copper figure, with slight traces of gilding and champlevé enamel. Limoges. France. Romanesque. 13th century. 17 x 13 cm. Cross measurements: 21 x 17 cm. It must have been the central figure affixed to a large processional cross, which is not the one now preserved, dating from a later period. It has visible faults on both hands. It preserves two of its four original nails, on its feet. Christ alive, crucified, covered with a large loin cloth in turquoise blue and green, with a crowned, slightly leaning head and one of the eyes in dark or jet glass, the other is not preserved. Like the previous lot, this is still a Romanesque depiction of Christ, who appears glorious and triumphant before death, with open eyes, while the bent knees and the naturalness of the torso augers the beginning of what would be the gothic model of the suffering Christ. Of particular note is the fine chasing on the torso and the presence of the suppedaneum, the shelf on which Christ’s feet rest.