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Cross

ca. 1100
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cross
  • Date: ca. 1100
  • Geography: Made in Constantinople
  • Culture: Byzantine
  • Medium: Gold and enamel worked in cloisonné
  • Dimensions: 15/16 x 7/8 x 1/8 in. (2.36 x 2.07 x 0.31 cm)
  • Classification: Enamels-Cloisonné
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1998
  • Object Number: 1998.542
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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