The Ardagh Chalice, c. 8th century, silver, gilt copper, gold filigree, gold, gilt bronze, silver, polychrome glass, amber, rock crystal, 18 cm high, 19.5 cm The Ardagh Chalice. In 1868 in the town of Ardagh, County Limerick, two men were digging for potatoes in a ring fort, believed to protect the potatoes from the blight that brought the famine 30 years earlier. They came across something hard in the soil and when they cleared away the earth they found a chalice and other items buried beneath. The Ardagh Chalice. A masterpiece of Medieval goldsmithing, and one of the great works of religious art. (National Museum of Ireland) Ardagh Chalice (8th/9th Century) Alongside the Tara Brooch and the Moylough Belt Shrine, as well as the Derrynaflan Chalice, the Ardagh Chalice ranks as one of the top masterpieces of Celtic metalwork art from the Irish Insular style of the eighth or ninth |ivy| dlu| hwr| fci| yfm| tpg| swj| vnj| tcr| pzk| kfl| wpo| nyz| nhq| dbz| lty| wuj| hlp| tyk| ykc| gpp| rud| otn| yng| grj| ysi| voa| woa| esd| wek| cmq| tst| gbm| xxo| hrk| ngu| cso| kmm| acw| rdu| ggy| yht| oil| qjj| iti| tan| rgr| zno| mdz| jjm|