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Description: | A sheet copper alloy incomplete limoges style male figurine. The torso and the upper legs of this figurine survive, the legs have been bent backwards from the thigh. The surviving torso is 50mm in length and 33mm in width. The head and neck are missing due to old breaks. The torso is clearly defined by moulding and grooves depict the ribs, navel and chest. At the waist there is a broad belt with a central buckle, depicted by incised lines, the belt is decorated with wavy lines and dots. Below this is a pair of loose trousers with deep longitudinal grooves indicating the folds of cloth. The legs are bent backwards at this point and folded against the back face. The trousers end at the knees and the legs are both incomplete one is missing from the shin downwards and the other is missing from its ankle downwards. The back face is hollow where the convex moulding for the chest occurs on the front face. Traces of gilding can be seen on the front face in the area of the belt and it is also possible that the deeper grooves, depicting the folds of cloth, originally contained enamel. James Robinson of the British Museum has examined this object and believes that it is a figure of Christ in the limoges style and has dated it to the 13th century. | Subjects: | Human Limoges style | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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