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Quatrilobed Plaque: The Descent from the Cross, c. 1350-1400. These plaques were probably originally placed at the end of the arms of a processional cross. They are decorated in an enameling technique called basse-taille in which colourful translucent enamel pastes are fused over an engraved and chased silver plaque.