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Nov 4, 2005
Nov 4, 2005
Altar Cross with Stand
Altar Cross with Stand
1140–1150
Bronze: cast, gilded, engraved, and chased
Overall: 43.4 x 22.5 x 8 cm (17 1/16 x 8 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.320
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From the 11th century onward, altar crosses like this one often featured elaborate bases. The most impressive decoration of this cross is its stand: a lavish array of intertwining scrolls emerges from three pawlike legs, while birds perch amid the scrolls and dragon heads sprout from others.
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