Wooden Casket: Scenes from the Life of Christ

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Wooden Casket: Scenes from the Life of Christ

Date
c. 1050
Medium
boxwood, copper-alloy, glass
Culture
Anglo-Saxon, England, West Midlands?, Romanesque period, 11th century
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
130645

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This casket is a rare, if not unique example of high-quality woodcarving from Anglo-Saxon England. Decorated with scenes from Christ’s life, it was likely made for an ecclesiastical purpose and may have housed relics. On one long side, the Christ child rests in the manger. Above, the Crucifixion is shown with mourners gathered below the cross and two angels flanking it on either side. On the other long side is the Ascension, God’s hand pulling Christ heavenward. Christ in Majesty appears above. The short sides show Christ’s baptism and his entry into Jerusalem.

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
Philip Nelson, London [base was bought by Nelson in Cheshire in 1921; the lid was discovered at Uttoxeter, Staffordshire in early 19th century; Convent of the Sacred Heart, Hammersmith before 1937 when it passed into the Nelson collection. Reunited casket loaned to the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1937-1953]; (Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York).

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