Altar Cross with Stand
https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.320
From the 11th century onward, altar crosses like this one often featured elaborate bases. The most impressive decoration of this cross is its stand: a lavish array of intertwining scrolls emerges from three pawlike legs, while birds perch amid the scrolls and dragon heads spro...
Artifact
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123807
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CC0
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en
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import
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accession
1944.32
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Terms
Genre
Metalwork
Department
Medieval Art
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