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Pyx

Date: c. 1170–1180
Medium: gilded copper, champlevé and cloisonné enamel, wood core (modern)
Culture: Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim?, Romanesque period, enamels: 12th century; wood core: 19th century
Department: Medieval Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 127107

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The image of Christ’s crucifixion dominates this enameled box. Personifications of the Christian church, the Jewish faith, and the Virgin and Saint John flank the cross. Two Old Testament scenes--Abel’s sacrifice of sheep and Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac--appear on either side. The box once served as a pyx, a container for the consecrated host, itself a symbol of Christ’s sacrifice.

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Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund and the Fanny Tewksbury King Collection by exchange
Provenance: George Eumorfopoulos, London (sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 5-6 June 1940, no. 185); Joseph Brummer, New York (sale, Parke-Bernet, 23 April 1949, no. 713, pl. 713, p. 189)

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