Pendant Cross Reliquary
Unknown Artist
12th–14th centuries
Medium
Silver and gilded silver
Dimensions
Cross pendant (bc) only: 2 5/16 × 1 7/16 × 1/2 in. (5.8 × 3.6 × 1.2 cm) Cross part b: 2 5/16 × 1 7/16 × 1/4 in. (5.8 × 3.6 × 0.7 cm) Cross part c: 2 5/16 × 1 7/16 × 5/16 in. (5.8 × 3.6 × 0.8 cm) Other (chain and medallion only (a)): 12 3/16 × 13/16 × 1/2 in. (31 × 2.1 × 1.3 cm) Other (medallion on chain): 7/8 × 1 5/16 × 3/16 in. (2.2 × 3.3 × 0.5 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Silver
Culture
Byzantine or early Russian (?)
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Ronald R. Atkins, 2018
Accession Number
2018.870.1a–c