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
Rights
Public Domain