Necklace and Pendant Cross
Rock crystal was a prized material because specialized artisans carefully carved pieces out of solid blocks of the rare transparent crystal, a luxury import. This necklace is thought to have been found near a Christian church dedicated to the popular warrior saint Theodore Stratelates. The necklace may have belonged to a high-ranking bishop there.
Artwork Details
- Title: Necklace and Pendant Cross
- Date: 500–700
- Geography: Made in Medinet Habu (near Thebes), Byzantine Egypt
- Culture: Coptic (Egypt)
- Medium: Rock crystal, silver mount
- Dimensions: (a) necklace only: length 26 in. × 7/16 in. (length 66 × 1.1 cm)
(b) cross with silver mount: 3 3/8 × 1 5/8 × 1/2 in. (8.6 × 4.1 × 1.3 cm)
(b) rock crystal cross only: 2 7/8 × 1 5/8 × 1/2 in. (7.3 × 4.1 × 1.3 cm) - Classification: Lapidary Work-Crystal
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908
- Object Number: 08.202.27a, b
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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