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Gold and enamel reliquary cross. Byzantine, early 11th. This
reverse of the cross depicts the Virgin Mary standing with her hands before her chest in an attitude of prayer. To her right is a bust of Saint Basil the Great, to her left a bust of Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus. The enamel is "Senkschmelz", "sunken enamel" and the colours are a rich mixture of translucent blues, greens and browns with opaque white, blacks, blues and reds. From the Great Palace in Constantinopel. M AND ME, 1965,6-4.1
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART209534
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3120px × 4000px
Photo Credit
Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY
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11th century CE
Byzantine (c.395-1453)
Champleve Enamel
Cross
Enamel
Pendant
Praying
Saint Basil (329-379 CE)
Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus
Virgin Mary