Photo of collection object Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude
Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude, shortly after 1038. gold, cloisonné enamel, porphyry, gems, pearls, niello, wood core, Overall: 10.5 x 27.5 x 21 cm (4 1/8 x 10 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.). Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1931.462.a. CC0.

Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude

shortly after 1038

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Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude, shortly after 1038. Germany, Lower Saxony?, Romanesque period, 11th century. Gold, cloisonné enamel, porphyry, gems, pearls, niello, wood core; overall: 10.5 x 27.5 x 21 cm (4 1/8 x 10 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1931.462.a On the bottom of this altar is a trap door that opened to reveal small relics of saints wrapped in silk.

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