Stand for an altar cross, anonymous, c. 1170 The object is cast in several parts. Subsequently, it was ciseled, engraved here and there and gilded in its entirety (also the bottom). Two angels stand side by side on a rectangular soil, which rests on a pedestal, on the front and back of two lying lions each, the heads on the corners and in the middle the head of a basilisk. The claw legs come from the slumps open. The sides are slightly out and have a decoration applied in two rows, consisting of the motif of a bol-with-hole, above an Arcaderand with five or six openings. The angels stand side
Stand for an altar cross, anonymous, c. 1170 The object is cast in several parts. Subsequently, it was ciseled, engraved here and there and gilded in its entirety (also the bottom). Two angels stand side by side on a rectangular soil, which rests on a pedestal, on the front and back of two lying lions each, the heads on the corners and in the middle the head of a basilisk. The claw legs come from the slumps open. The sides are slightly out and have a decoration applied in two rows, consisting of the motif of a bol-with-hole, above an Arcaderand with five or six openings. The angels stand side by side and have spread their wings. Proportionally, wings and heads are too big for the bodies. The angels point up with their right or left hand. Hairstyle, tunicas and wings are indicated in detail. At the back of these figures there is a horizontal connecting piece with a square hole in the middle and round ends on either side against the wings and shoulders. Also in the pedestal on which the angels are standing, a square hole has been made at the back, so that both openings can be placed the foot of the missing cross. Between the wings, a round iron ring has been sounded in the middle at the back, which serves as a support of the foot of the cross, and a hole was also drilled there. This also happened on either side of the square hole in the pedestal. The legs of the pedestal and round ends of the reinforcement piece are slightly bent. Maasland bronze (metal). ring: iron (metal) casting / engraving / gilding / drilling The object is cast in several parts. Subsequently, it was ciseled, engraved here and there and gilded in its entirety (also the bottom). Two angels stand side by side on a rectangular soil, which rests on a pedestal, on the front and back of two lying lions each, the heads on the corners and in the middle the head of a basilisk. The claw legs come from the slumps open. The sides are slightly out and have a decoration applied in two rows, consisting of the mo
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