id:			130956
accession number:	1953.639
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.639
updated:		2025-02-21 12:04:18.822000

Votive Polycandelon (Lamp Holder), 500s. Byzantium, Byzantine period, 6th century. Gold; overall: 13.4 x 6.4 cm (5 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1953.639

title:				Votive Polycandelon (Lamp Holder)
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creation date:			500s
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		599
current location:		105 Byzantine
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Byzantium, Byzantine period, 6th century
technique:	gold
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Byzantine
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 13.4 x 6.4 cm (5 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William. "Byzantine Goldsmith Work." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>41, no. 8 (October 1954): 190-192.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 191
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141983

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 61
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n25

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