Temple Pendant with Two Birds Flanking a Tree of Life (front) and Geometric and Vegetal Motifs (back), 11th–12th century, Made in Kiev, Kievan Rus', Cloisonné enamel, gold, Overall: 2 1/8 x 1 7/8 x 9/16 in. (5.4 x 4.8 x 1.5 cm), Enamels-Cloisonné, When Kievan Rus, a powerful new state to the north of the Byzantine Empire, accepted Christianity as its official religion in 988, the aristocracy also adopted the manners and dress of the Byzantine court
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Temple Pendant, Two Birds Flanking, Tree, Life, front, Geometric, Vegetal Motifs, back, 11th–12th century, Kiev, Kievan Rus, Cloisonné enamel, gold, Overall, 2 1/8 x 1 7/8 9/16, 5.4 4.8 1.5 cm, Enamels-Cloisonné, Kievan, Rus, powerful new, state, north, Byzantine Empire, accepted Christianity, official religion, 988, aristocracy, adopted, manners, dress, court
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