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Byzantine Necklace with Pendant Crosses in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 2010
Title: Necklace with Pendant Crosses
Date: 6th–7th century
Geography: Made in probably Constantinople
Culture: Byzantine
Medium: Gold, pearl sapphire, smokey quartz, quartz
Dimensions: Overall: 17 13/16 in. (45.2 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.190.1667
Description:
Multicolored, or polychrome, jewelry was very popular in the early Byzantine world. The luminous small crosses worked in pearls and gems that hang from this exquisite necklace display both the faith and wealth of the owner.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/mediev...
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Date: 6th–7th century
Geography: Made in probably Constantinople
Culture: Byzantine
Medium: Gold, pearl sapphire, smokey quartz, quartz
Dimensions: Overall: 17 13/16 in. (45.2 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.190.1667
Description:
Multicolored, or polychrome, jewelry was very popular in the early Byzantine world. The luminous small crosses worked in pearls and gems that hang from this exquisite necklace display both the faith and wealth of the owner.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/mediev...
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