EditorialCommunion host container or pyx Pyxis of silver, Pyxis of silver. Eight-sided and based on four lions. Along the lid an openwork standing edge of fleurons. The lid is decorated with engraving, beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion, anonymous, The Hag...
EditorialPyx, late 15th?early 16th century, Spanish, Silver with silver-gilt interior, Overall: 4 3/16 x 3 7/16 in. (10.6 x 8.8 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Pyxes (from the Greek for 'boxwood vessel') are receptacles made to hold the consecrated bread, or Host, in re...
EditorialStatue of Saint Longinus in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City Roma: Basilica S. Pietro: Statua di S. Longino del Bernini (title on object), sculpture, interior of church, the soldier Longinus (the centurion) or Caesarea, possible attributes: lance, ...
Editorial" Turkish" Monstrance, 1708, celebrates the victory of Don Juan d'Austria over a Turkish fleet near Lepanto in 1571. Detail: crow's nest of the Admiral's ship with Don Juan d'Austria. Silver pyx.
EditorialPyx, c. 1250. France, Limousin, Limoges, Gothic period, mid-13th century. Gilded copper, champlev? enamel; overall: 8.3 x 10.4 cm (3 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.).
EditorialPyx in the Form of a Dove. Dated: c. 1220/1230. Dimensions: overall: 18.2 x 22.6 x 19.1 cm (7 3/16 x 8 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.) overall (height of turrets): 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.) overall (diameter of base): 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.) overall (diameter of disk): 8.2 c...
EditorialPyx. Date/Period: Second quarter of 14th century. Goldsmithing. Engraved silver and opalescent enamels. Height: 19 mm (0.74 in); Width: 64 mm (2.51 in).
EditorialPyx in the Form of a Dove. Dated: c. 1220/1230. Dimensions: overall: 18.2 x 22.6 x 19.1 cm (7 3/16 x 8 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.) overall (height of turrets): 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.) overall (diameter of base): 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.) overall (diameter of disk): 8.2 c...
EditorialSix-Sided Pyx, 3rd century, Late Roman, Champlev? enamel, bronze, inlaid with millefiore enamel, Overall: 2 7/16 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/16 in. (6.2 x 5.7 x 5.3 cm), Enamels-Champlev?, Small six-sided boxes such as this one, with millefiore enamel, have been fou...
EditorialPyx, ca. 1225?50, Made in Limoges, France, French, Copper: engraved and gilt; champlev? enamel: blue-black; dark, medium and light blue; turquoise, green, yellow, red, and white, Overall: 3 3/4 x 2 9/16 in. (9.5 x 6.5 cm), Enamels-Champlev?.
EditorialPyx, ca. 1250, Made in Limoges, France, French, Copper: engraved, gilt; champlev? enamel, Overall: 4 1/4 x 2 11/16 in. (10.8 x 6.8 cm), Enamels-Champlev?, The white discs inscribed with Christograms, ihs (Jesus), suggest a common form of the host (comm...
EditorialPyx, 13th century, Made in Burgos, Spain, Spanish, Champlev? enamel, copper-gilt, Overall: 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in. (10.5 x 8 x 6.6 cm), Enamels-Champlev?.
EditorialPyx, late 15th?early 16th century, Spanish, Silver with silver-gilt interior, Overall: 4 3/16 x 3 7/16 in. (10.6 x 8.8 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Pyxes (from the Greek for 'boxwood vessel') are receptacles made to hold the consecrated bread, or Host, in re...
EditorialPyx, 13th century, Made in Limoges, France, French, Champlev? enamel, copper-gilt, Overall: 4 5/8 x 3 3/8 x 2 11/16 in. (11.7 x 8.5 x 6.9 cm), Enamels-Champlev?.
EditorialPyx, 13th century, Made in Limoges, France, French, Champlev? enamel, copper-gilt, glass paste cabochons, Overall: 3 11/16 x 3 3/16 x 2 3/4 in. (9.4 x 8.1 x 7 cm), Enamels-Champlev?.
EditorialPyx, mid-16th century, Spanish, Toledo, Silver gilt, Height: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Gaspar Gallo (active ca. 1561?86), This pyx, used to hold the wafer of the Eucharist, is inscribed in Latin: 'This is the body of our Lord Jesus Christ.' ...
EditorialSix-Sided Pyx, 3rd century, Late Roman, Champlev? enamel, bronze, inlaid with millefiore enamel, Overall: 2 7/16 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/16 in. (6.2 x 5.7 x 5.3 cm), Enamels-Champlev?, Small six-sided boxes such as this one, with millefiore enamel, have been fou...
EditorialIvory Pyx with the Triumph of Dionysos in India, mid-500s, Made in possibly Syria, Byzantine, Ivory, Overall: 3 3/16 x 4 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (8.1 x 12.4 x 11.4 cm), Ivories, Dionysos, a son of Zeus, rides in his chariot overseeing his conquest of India as ...
EditorialSilver bowl, Carolingian, 9th century. Ecclesiastical bowl of gilded solver and niello with a knobbed lid, decorated in relief with rosettes of acanthus leaves, some enclosing crosses and vine tendrils inhabited by birds. The birds are a Christian symb...