Quadruped (one of five medallions from a coffret) ca. 1110-30 French The blue and green beasts, locked in battle and compressed into these circular medallions, are emblematic of goldsmiths work created at Conques under the patronage of Abbot Boniface (r. 1107-after 1121). On a similar box still at Conques, an inscription proudly proclaims: “In all respects, the coffrets of Conques demonstrate brilliant workmanship.”. Quadruped (one of five medallions from a coffret) 464563 French, Quadruped (one of five medallions from a coffret), ca. 1110?30, Copper-gilt, champlev? enamel, Overall: 3 9/16 x 9/16 in. (9 x 1.4 cm) Overall (with nail tangs): 3 15/16 x 9/16 in. (10 x 1.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.690)

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Quadruped (one of five medallions from a coffret) ca. 1110-30 French The blue and green beasts, locked in battle and compressed into these circular medallions, are emblematic of goldsmiths work created at Conques under the patronage of Abbot Boniface (r. 1107-after 1121). On a similar box still at Conques, an inscription proudly proclaims: “In all respects, the coffrets of Conques demonstrate brilliant workmanship.”. Quadruped (one of five medallions from a coffret) 464563 French, Quadruped (one of five medallions from a coffret), ca. 1110?30, Copper-gilt, champlev? enamel, Overall: 3 9/16 x 9/16 in. (9 x 1.4 cm) Overall (with nail tangs): 3 15/16 x 9/16 in. (10 x 1.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.690)

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