Ceremonial Cross of Countess Gertrude

Ceremonial Cross of Countess Gertrude

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

gold: worked in repoussé; cloisonné enamel, intaglio gems, pearls, wood core

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