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House Altar

18th century
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueWood; Boxwood
Dimensions73.03 x 45.72 x 11.43 cm (28 3/4 x 18 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit LineSeth Kettell Sweetser Fund
Accession number69.1226
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1969, acquired in Munich by Kurt Meissner, Zurich; 1969, sold by Meissner to the MFA. (Accession date: November 19, 1969)
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