Reliquary Cross

Medium

Translucent enamel, silver, silver-gilt, rock crystal, glass, iron tang

Dimensions

Overall (with tang): 24 5/16 x 16 5/16 x 1 1/16 in. (61.8 x 41.5 x 2.7 cm) Overall (without tang): 19 3/8 x 16 5/16 x 1 1/16 in. (49.2 x 41.5 x 2.7 cm) measurement of single quatrefoil: 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 x 13/16 in. (9.1 x 9.1 x 2.1 cm) Ht. to spacer on tang: 20 3/16 in. (51.2 cm)

Classification

Enamels-Basse taille

Culture

Italian

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.190.498

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