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Medium: 
gold, enamel, porphyry, pearl, gemstone, wood, enamel, metalworking
Dimensions: 
4.1" x 10.8" x 8.26" (10.5 x 27.5 x 21.0 cm)
Tradition: 
Roman Catholic
Place of Origin: 
Lower Saxony
Date: 
ca. 1045 CE
ID: 
13146
Notes: 

Full caption:

Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude, c. 1045. Germany, Lower Saxony?, Romanesque period, 11th century. Gold, cloisonné enamel, porphyry, gems, pearls, niello, wood core; 10.5 x 27.5 x 21.0 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1931.46

For ceremonial crosses in second image see MAVCOR Object# 13147