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Copper, enamelled and gilt
Copper, raised, enamelled in dark blue, dark green, dark red, and white enamels, and gilded; brass finial. The ciborium stands on a stepped and domed circular foot rising into a lobed stem supporting a separately made depressed globular knop with lobes above and below the equator, above which is a rounded calyx with everted petals on which the bowl rests. The deep rounded bowl is lobed round its lower part and has a gilt-copper rim. The domed cover has swirling gadroons on the top, and in the centre a finial in the form of a cross. The ground of both parts, including the interior of the bowl, and underside of the foot is dark blue. There are dark green borders round the foot and the base of the finial, and dark green petals on the calyx. The lobes on the foot, knop, bowl, and cover are white; and the ornament is executed in gold with red highlights on the lobed and gadrooned areas.
Venice, Italy
Circa 1500

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Cup and Cover Copper, enamelled and gilt Copper, raised, enamelled in dark blue, dark green, dark red, and white enamels, and gilded; brass finial. The ciborium stands on a stepped and domed circular foot rising into a lobed stem supporting a separately made depressed globular knop with lobes above and below the equator, above which is a rounded calyx with everted petals on which the bowl rests. The deep rounded bowl is lobed round its lower part and has a gilt-copper rim. The domed cover has swirling gadroons on the top, and in the centre a finial in the form of a cross. The ground of both parts, including the interior of the bowl, and underside of the foot is dark blue. There are dark green borders round the foot and the base of the finial, and dark green petals on the calyx. The lobes on the foot, knop, bowl, and cover are white; and the ornament is executed in gold with red highlights on the lobed and gadrooned areas. Venice, Italy Circa 1500

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Accession Number: M.25 & A-1904
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Aperture: f/29.0
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Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
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Image width: 507 pixels
Processed with: ACD Systems Digital Imaging
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Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2007:12:19 20:55:51

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