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Description: | The head and neck of a Limoges figurine dating from circa 1100 AD - circa 1300 AD.
The head has been broken off of a larger figurine. The figurines are known as Limoges figurines because Limoges was the place where a certain type of enamel was made. The figure appears to have been made from cast copper-alloy.
The figure would have formed part of a crucifix scene. This figure would have stood alongside three-four other religious figures around a crucifix. The head would have had a ?body?, which would have been sub-rectangular in shape.
The face has largely been worn away, but the basic features are still evident. The head has a basic hair style, which has been shaped at chin level into a rolled bun, running around the back of the head.
The design of the figurine would have been highly stylized. It is likely that the figurine would have originally been enameled and possibly even gilded in places. Unfortunately due to wear and the fact that only the head survives, neither of this decorative surfaces still remain. The artefact is incomplete and it is badly worn and much of the original surface has been lost.
The metal has a mid brownish-green patina. The breaks all look very worn.
Similar to PAS database Number: SUSS-0EA1D8. Found at Telscombe (East Sussex). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1100
1300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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