Pendant Brooch with Cameo of Enthroned Virgin and Child and Christ Pantokrator

Medium

Chalcedony cameo; gold mount with pearls, emeralds, garnets, sapphires, and a sardonyx intaglio

Dimensions

Overall: 2 13/16 x 2 3/16 x 5/8 in. (7.2 x 5.5 x 1.6 cm) Chalcedony: 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.8 x 3.2 cm)

Classification

Lapidary Work-Chalcedony

Culture

Byzantine

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, Christopher C. Grisanti and Suzanne P. Fawbush, Austin B. Chinn, and Katharine R. Brown Gifts, Gifts of Marx Freres, J. Pierpont Morgan, and Mrs. Frank D. Millett, by exchange, and funds from various donors, 2007

Accession Number

2007.9

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