Reliquary in Purse Form
c. 1320
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Reliquary in Purse Form, c. 1320. Germany, Upper Rhine, Southern Swabia, Gothic period, 14th century. Copper, gilded and engraved; glass; rock crystal; precious stones; wood core; overall: 17.2 x 13.4 x 7.7 cm (6 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1932.422
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- copper, gilded and engraved; glass; rock crystal; precious stones; wood core
- Dimensions
- Overall: 17.2 x 13.4 x 7.7 cm (6 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1932.422
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Transformations of the Court Style: Gothic Art in Europe, 1270 - 1330, Die Zeit der frühen Habsburger: Dome u. Klöster, 1279-1379 (The Time of the Early Habsburgs: Cathedrals and Monasteries, 1279-1379)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 106C Medieval Treasury
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