Incense Burner and Stand for an Altar Cross
1150–1175
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Incense Burner and Stand for an Altar Cross, 1150–1175. Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim?, Romanesque period, 12th century. Bronze: cast, gilded, engraved, and chased; overall: 18.1 x 12.7 cm (7 1/8 x 5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1926.555
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze: cast, gilded, engraved, and chased
- Dimensions
- Overall: 18.1 x 12.7 cm (7 1/8 x 5 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1926.555
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Juxtapositions, Ornamenta Ecclesiae: Romanesque Art and Artists in Cologne, Cologne, Germany, 1985: Ornamenta Ecclesiae, no. B112, p. 336, repr. p. 337, Schnutgen-Museum, March 7-June 9, 1985.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 106C Medieval Treasury
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