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Article: Museum accessions.
- Article from:
- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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A number of institutions have recently added to their collections exquisite objects that display the richness and variety of some of the world's great religions. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City acquired the important French enamel roundel illustrated below. Research to determine the composition of the enamel, particularly the metallic oxides utilized, indicates that the beautiful jewel-toned Crucifixion is the missing centerpiece of four enameled plaques with the symbols of the Evangelists that the Metropolitan Museum acquired from J. Pier-pont Morgan in 1917. At one time, the ensemble was probably used to ornament a book cover.
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