id:			130958
accession number:	1953.640
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.640
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:29.870000

Mounted Rock Crystal, 500s-600s. Byzantium, Byzantine period, 6th-7th centuries. Gold, quartz, almandine; overall: 10.2 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm (4 x 3/4 x 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1953.640

title:				Mounted Rock Crystal
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creation date:			500s-600s
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		699
current location:		105 Byzantine
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Byzantium, Byzantine period, 6th-7th centuries
technique:	gold, quartz, almandine
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Byzantine
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 10.2 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm (4 x 3/4 x 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2007-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2007-05-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

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

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M. "Byzantine Goldsmith Work." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> Vol. 44, no. 8 (October, 1954): 190-192.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 190-192; Reproduced: P. 194
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141983

	Klein, Holger A. Klein, Stephen N. Fliegel, and Virginia Brilliant. <em>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 62
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