Vase

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This vase, part of a larger treasure, was excavated in 1849 in a French village only thirty-five miles from Limoges, a city that became synonymous with champlevé enamel work later in the Middle Ages. Now dispersed, the original find included numerous Roman coins, several other vessels, as well as gold and silver jewelry, some of which is housed in the Musée Dobrée in Nantes.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of medieval and Byzantine art is among the most comprehensive in the world. Displayed in both The Met Fifth Avenue and in the Museum's branch in northern Manhattan, The Met Cloisters, the collection encompasses the art of the Mediterranean and Europe from the fall of Rome in the fourth century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the early sixteenth century. It also includes pre-medieval European works of art created during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age.

Metropolitan Museum of Art