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Source Description
This champlevé enamel casket belongs to a distinct group of nine closely related objects characterized by the vivid colors of their enamel decoration and rows of spherical pins placed along the edges of each enamel plaque. Recent X-ray analysis suggests that the casket originally functioned as a stand for an altar cross. Such a function is attested to in at least three related caskets (in Copenhagen, Hildesheim, and Berlin). The casket’s iconographic program features the 12 apostles, placed under arcades (on the long sides), the Crucifixion and Christ in Majesty (on the short sides), and the Lamb of God surrounded by the symbols of the four Evangelists (on the lid).
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126732
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Casket
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object
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126732
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object
title
Casket
description
This champlevé enamel casket belongs to a distinct group of nine closely related objects characterized by the vivid colors of their enamel decoration and rows of spherical pins placed along the edges of each enamel plaque. Recent X-ray analysis suggests that the casket originally functioned as a stand for an altar cross. Such a function is attested to in at least three related caskets (in Copenhagen, Hildesheim, and Berlin). The casket’s iconographic program features the 12 apostles, placed under arcades (on the long sides), the Crucifixion and Christ in Majesty (on the short sides), and the Lamb of God surrounded by the symbols of the four Evangelists (on the lid).
date
1100–1150?
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60760172
genreSpecific
Enamel
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 9.3 x 23.4 x 13.5 cm (3 11/16 x 9 3/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
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Northern Germany?, Romanesque period, 12th century
accession
1949.16
Source extras
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gilded copper, champlevé enamel, wood core (modern)
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Casket, 1100–1150?. Northern Germany?, Romanesque period, 12th century. Gilded copper, champlevé enamel, wood core (modern); overall: 9.3 x 23.4 x 13.5 cm (3 11/16 x 9 3/16 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1949.16
collection
MED - Romanesque
citations
citation
DEBRUGE DUMÉNIL., and Jules LABARTE. Description Des Objets D'art Qui Composent La Collection Debruge-Dumenil, Précédée D'une Introduction Historique Par Jules Labarte. 1847.
page_number
p. 571, No. 662
citation
South Kensington Museum. Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Works of Art of the Mediaeval ... Periods on Loan at the South Kensington Museum, June 1862. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1863.
page_number
p. 76, No. 1088
citation
Halm, Philipp Maria, and Rudolph Berliner. <em>Das Hallesche Heiltum: Man. Aschaffenb</em>. 14. Berlin: Deutschen Verein für Kunstwissenschaft, 1931.
page_number
p. 31, No. 71
citation
Falke, Otto von. 1936. "Die Inkunabeln der romanischen Kupferschmelz-Kunst". <em>Pantheon</em>. 166-169.
page_number
figs. 1a-d
citation
Milliken, William M. "A Danish Champlevé Enamel." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 36, no. 6 (1949)
page_number
pp. 101-103
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 110
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 49
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 49
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 54
citation
Strosahl, J. Patrick, Judith Lull Strosahl, Coral L. Barnhart, and Barbara Becker. A Manual of Cloisonné & Champlevé Enamelling. London: Thames and Hudson, 1982.
citation
Avril, François, Xavier Barral i Altet, and Danielle Gaborit-Chopin. <em>Les royaumes d'Occident.</em> [Paris]: Gallimard, 1983.
page_number
p. 380, no. 406
citation
De Winter, Patrick M. "The Sacral Treasure of the Guelphs." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 72, no. 1 (1985)
page_number
p. 61
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:32:28.147000
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126732
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Medieval Art
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MED - Romanesque
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gilded copper, champlevé enamel, wood core (modern)
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