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Source Description
This piece is one of two small columns, or colonnettes, detached from the sides of a church-shaped reliquary shrine. One column (Walters 44.597) has checkered trellis pattern of enamel filled with tiny crosses and is topped by a gilt capital ornamented with small cast birds. The other column (Walters 44.598) has alternating, diagonal bands filled with cross ornament set within quatrefoils and a capital cast with an acanthus-leaf motif.
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Document identity
localId
19139
label
One of a Pair of Columns from a Shrine
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
19139
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
One of a Pair of Columns from a Shrine
description
This piece is one of two small columns, or colonnettes, detached from the sides of a church-shaped reliquary shrine. One column (Walters 44.597) has checkered trellis pattern of enamel filled with tiny crosses and is topped by a gilt capital ornamented with small cast birds. The other column (Walters 44.598) has alternating, diagonal bands filled with cross ornament set within quatrefoils and a capital cast with an acanthus-leaf motif.
provenance
Germeau, Paris; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, by purchase; Sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, April 23, 1949, no. 718; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
date
late 12th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
columns (architectural elements)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.7
height
4.4
depth
4.2
dimensionsRaw
9 5/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 5/8 in. (23.7 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Rhenish
style
Romanesque
med
champlevé enamel on gilded copper
creator_ids
5094
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
306
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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