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Icon with Christ Pantokrator

ca. 1350 or later
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 303
The inscription identifies the image as Christ Antiphonetes, an icon type used by the empress Zoe (r. 1028–50) for her coinage.

Steatite, easily carved stone, usually soft green or buff in color, came to be widely used for the production of small icons.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Icon with Christ Pantokrator
  • Date: ca. 1350 or later
  • Geography: Made in probably Greece
  • Culture: Byzantine
  • Medium: Steatite, green
  • Dimensions: Overall: 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 3/4 in. (6.7 x 6.7 x 1.9 cm)
  • Classification: Steatites
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1979
  • Object Number: 1979.217
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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