Gold Necklace with Cross
Unknown Artist
6th century
Medium
Gold
Dimensions
Overall: 57 1/16 x 2 5/8 x 9/16 in. (145 x 6.6 x 1.4 cm) Wt: 177g chain: 1 11/16 x 57 1/16 in. (4.3 x 145 cm) pendant cross: 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 x 3/16 in. (7 x 4.8 x 0.5 cm) circular pendant: 15/16 x 1 13/16 x 1/16 in. (2.4 x 4.6 x 0.2 cm) pendant: 1 1/8 x 9/16 x 1/16 in. (2.9 x 1.5 x 0.2 cm) pendant: 1 3/16 x 5 1/2 x 1/16 in. (3 x 14 x 0.2 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Gold
Culture
Byzantine
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number
17.190.150
Tags
Cross