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Base for a Cross

11th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 303
These miniature buildings are bases that held crosses. With their equal-armed cross shapes and domed tops, they reproduce in miniature the church design most popular during the middle Byzantine centuries.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Base for a Cross
  • Date: 11th century
  • Geography: Made in probably Constantinople or Asia Minor
  • Culture: Byzantine
  • Medium: Copper alloy, cast, filed, reamed, and scraped
  • Dimensions: Overall: 4 1/2 x 1 9/16 x 1 5/8 in. (11.4 x 3.9 x 4.2 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Copper alloy
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.10.9
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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