Altar Cross with Stand
Unknown Artist
From the 11th century onward, altar crosses like this one often featured elaborate bases. The most impressive decoration of this cross is its stand: a lavish array of intertwining scrolls emerges from three pawlike legs, while birds perch amid the scrolls and dragon heads sprout from others.
Credit: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
1140-1150
Bronze: cast, gilded, engraved, and chased
43.4 x 22.5 x 8.0 cm
1944.320
Image and text: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2024
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Permanent samling