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Fragment of an Ornamental Crest from a Reliquary Shrine

Fragment of an Ornamental Crest from a Reliquary Shrine

c. 1165–1180
gilded copper, émail brun (brown enamel)
Overall: 5.3 x 4.2 cm (2 1/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1990.29
Location: 106C Medieval Treasury
  • (Michael Ward, Inc., New York).
  • Turner, Evan H. “Acquisitions: 1990.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 2 (February 1991): 30–45. Reproduced: p. 34; Mentioned: p. 40, no. 1 www.jstor.org
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