Photo of collection object Incense Burner and Stand for an Altar Cross — Incense Burner and Stand for an Altar Cross, 1150–1175. bronze: cast, gilded, engraved, and chased, Overall: 18.1 x 12.7 cm (7 1/8 x 5 in.). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1926.555. CC0.

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

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Metalwork
Formatted Medium: bronze: cast, gilded, engraved, and chased
Medium: bronze, cast, gilded, engraved, 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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