Cross

Byzantine

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 303

This elegant pendant cross is representative of the finest objects for personal devotion produced for the elite of the Byzantine empire. Both faces of the exquisite miniature cross are decorated with intricate floral patterns worked in multicolored cloisonné enamel, on a single sheet of gold—a tour de force of the enameler's art.

Cross, Gold and enamel worked in cloisonné, Byzantine

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Cross, Gold and enamel worked in cloisonné, Byzantine
Cross, Gold and enamel worked in cloisonné, Byzantine

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