id:			109127
accession number:	1927.29.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.29.a
updated:		2024-04-03 11:07:39.529000

Portable Altar, c. 1200–1220. Germany, Cologne, Gothic Period, 13th century. Walrus ivory, gilded copper, porphyry, champlevé enamel, wood core; overall: 13.1 x 26.9 x 16.9 cm (5 3/16 x 10 9/16 x 6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1927.29.a

title:				Portable Altar
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creation date:			c. 1200–1220
creation date earliest:		1195
creation date latest:		1225
current location:		106C Medieval Treasury
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Germany, Cologne, Gothic Period, 13th century
technique:	walrus ivory, gilded copper, porphyry, champlevé enamel, wood core
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Ivory
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measurements: Overall: 13.1 x 26.9 x 16.9 cm (5 3/16 x 10 9/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Sir Francis Cook, Windsor; (R. Stora, Paris); (R. Durlacher Brothers, New York).
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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 15
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n19

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