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| Keywords: French - Incense Boat - Walters 44701 - Three Quarter.jpg This incense boat called a navicula Latin for little boat was used to store the incense that was burned as part of many church rituals including the Mass The boat has curved dragon-headed handles on the lid for the symbolic protection of the incense a combination of frankincense and myrrh The burning of incense was considered both an offering to God and an act of purification middle Other date century 13 Medieval champlevé enamel on copper with gilding cm 5 9 8 6 18 2 accession number 44 701 38824 Dimitri Schevitch Paris before 1906 Sale Georges Petit Paris April 4-7 1906 no 205 Octave Pincot Paris 1906 by purchase Ernst and Martha Kofler-Truniger Lucerne 1964 by purchase Keir Collection Edmund de Unger London 1971 by purchase Keir Collection Sale Sotheby's New York November 20 1997 no 87 Walters Art Museum 1997 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the Richard H Randall Jr Memorial Fund and the W Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund 1997 Medieval Enamels Masterpieces from the Keir Collection The British Museum London 1981-1982 Sammlung E und M Kofler-Truniger Luzern Kunsthaus Zürich Zurich 1964 Mittelalterliche Kunst der Sammlung Kofler-Truniger Suermondt Museum Aachen 1965 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Champlevé of Europe Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Incense boats Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
