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Altar Cross, mid-14th century

  • German

Rock crystal cross with gilt copper base and enamelled heraldic devices

  • Overall: 29 × 16 × 7 1/2 inches (73.7 × 40.6 × 19.1 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

21.197

On View

  • European: Medieval C263

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

(Henri and Max Heilbronner, Berlin, Germany)

1921-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Valentiner, W. R. "New Period Rooms," Bulletin of the DIA 3, no. 4 (January 1923): p. 28, 26 (ill.).

possibly German, Altar Cross, mid-14th century, rock crystal cross with gilt copper base and enamelled heraldic devices. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 21.197.