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Period
Romanesque
Date
ca. 1175–1200
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object no.
470007

Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine

Unknown maker, ca. 1175–1200

Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 · Public domain

The record

Maker
Unknown maker
Date
ca. 1175–1200
Medium
Champlevé and cloisonné enamel on gilded copper
Dimensions
Overall: 3 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 3/16 in. (8.3 x 3.2 x 0.4 cm)
Period
Romanesque

Why it matters

Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine, dated ca. 1175–1200, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Champlevé and cloisonné enamel on gilded copper. The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are Overall: 3 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 3/16 in. (8.3 x 3.2 x 0.4 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.