Casket or Portable Altar with the Crucifixion, Standing Saints, and Christ in Majesty with Symbols of the Evangelists, ca. 1100–1150, North German or Danish, Champlevé enamel, copper alloy, gilt, Overall: 4 x 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (10.2 x 20 x 13.9 cm), Enamels-Champlevé, 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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Casket, Portable Altar, Crucifixion, Standing Saints, Christ, Majesty, Symbols, Evangelists, ca, 1100–1150, North German, Danish, Champlevé enamel, copper alloy, gilt, Overall, 4 x 7 7/8 5 1/2, 10.2 20 13.9 cm, Enamels-Champlevé, Several related, caskets, functioned, cross bases, sockets, accommodating, crucifix, example, originally served, purpose, perhaps later, adapted, portable altar
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