Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine ca. 1185 German Among the most splendid objects in the great churches of Cologne are large architectural shrines containing relics associated with local saints. These ambitious goldsmiths works are among the greatest artistic achievements of their time. Refined decorative fragments like the small rectangular plaques shown here are often all that remain of these monumental objects, as many were dismantled or even destroyed following the secularization of church property in this region in the first decade of the nineteenth century. During later efforts to restore shrines, some fragments were replaced and the originals sold to collectors and museums.. Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine 464202 German, Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine, ca. 1185, Champlev? enamel, copper alloy, gilt, Overall: 3 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/8 in. (8.6 x 2.9 x 0.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.2143)

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Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine ca. 1185 German Among the most splendid objects in the great churches of Cologne are large architectural shrines containing relics associated with local saints. These ambitious goldsmiths works are among the greatest artistic achievements of their time. Refined decorative fragments like the small rectangular plaques shown here are often all that remain of these monumental objects, as many were dismantled or even destroyed following the secularization of church property in this region in the first decade of the nineteenth century. During later efforts to restore shrines, some fragments were replaced and the originals sold to collectors and museums.. Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine 464202 German, Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine, ca. 1185, Champlev? enamel, copper alloy, gilt, Overall: 3 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/8 in. (8.6 x 2.9 x 0.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.2143)

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