Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude

shortly after 1038 · Germany, Lower Saxony?, Romanesque period, 11th century

gold, cloisonné enamel, porphyry, gems, pearls, niello, wood core

Cleveland Museum of Art · Medieval Art · CC0 · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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