Pendant Cross Reliquary

Unknown Artist

12th–14th centuries

Pendant Cross Reliquary by Unknown Artist

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

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