Cross with Pearls, 1200–1400, Byzantine, Gold and pearls, Overall: 1 7/8 x 1 3/16 x 1/4 in. (4.8 x 3 x 0.7 cm), Metalwork-Gold, This intricately worked cross is decorated with elaborate patterns in gold filigree, granulation, and wire on sheets of gold, a technique that is typical of late Byzantine art. The shape echoes that of earlier Byzantine crosses, like the adjacent example decorated with cloisonné enamel
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Cross, Pearls, 1200–1400, Byzantine, Gold, pearls, Overall, 1 7/8 x 1 3/16 1/4, 4.8 3 0.7 cm, Metalwork-Gold, intricately, worked, cross, decorated, elaborate patterns, gold filigree, granulation, wire, sheets, gold, technique, typical, late Byzantine, art, shape echoes, earlier, crosses, adjacent example, cloisonné enamel
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