c. 1250
Champlevé enamel on copper with glass, height 39 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Pyx is a container in which the consecrated bread of the Eucharist is kept. This reliquary takes the form of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child seated on a cubic throne; the pierced balustrade is identical to the characteristic decoration on the crests of Limoges caskets.