Embossed silver dish engraved on the bottom with a medallion - Lot 92

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Embossed silver dish engraved on the bottom with a medallion - Lot 92
Embossed silver dish engraved on the bottom with a medallion depicting the bust of St. Clement the bishop holding a lamb in his arms. Surrounding the wing of the tetramorph, each of the evangelists carrying a cross. Italy, 11th / 12th century D.: 17.5 cm - P.: 180 gr. In a red silk velvet case featuring a shield with angel. (Damage and missing parts, wear) Saint Clement, converted through contact with Saint Peter, was a Jewish martyr of the 1st century AD. After his conversion and liberation as a slave, he became pastor of the nascent Church in Rome. He is often depicted with a lamb in his arms, in memory of a miracle he performed while in exile: suffering from thirst, he and his companions invoke the Lamb of God, who, scraping the ground, brings forth a spring. The earliest representation of the Saint appears to be a fresco in the lower church of St. Clement in Rome, dated to the 11th century. The saint's liturgical vestments are typical of the Romanesque period, in particular the type of mitre that bishops wore until the early 13th century: a low mitre, with a cruciferous ornament. The lower end of the pallium, worn by archbishops and the Bishop of Rome, is visible, as is the end of the geometrically patterned stole. The sleeves of the alb are pleated in a regular, parallel pattern. Each of the tetramorph's emblems bears a cross pattee, also characteristic of the Byzantine influence developed in Northern Italy, particularly in the 9th/11th centuries.
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