Casket or Portable Altar with the Crucifixion, Standing Saints, and Christ in Majesty with Symbols of the Evangelists

ca. 1100–1150

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304

Several related caskets functioned as cross bases with sockets for accommodating a crucifix. This example may have originally served the same purpose, but it was perhaps later adapted as a portable altar.

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Title: Casket or Portable Altar with the Crucifixion, Standing Saints, and Christ in Majesty with Symbols of the Evangelists
Date: ca. 1100–1150
Culture: North German or Danish
Medium: Champlevé enamel, copper alloy, gilt
Dimensions: Overall: 4 x 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (10.2 x 20 x 13.9 cm)
Classification: Enamels-Champlevé
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.401
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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