Gold and cloisonné enamel miniature pendant cross
It is in the form of a croix pattée (cross with paws) with straight arms. In keeping with this type of middle-Byzantine cross, the arms spring from a central roundel and culminate in four discs of similar size framed by the eight round terminals of the arms (the paws of the croix pattée). in shape, size and decoration, this cross bears close resemblance to a piece in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. (Acc. No. 1998.542)
Origin
Constantinople
Date
Middle Byzantine period, 10th-12th century
Height: 2.8 cm
Width: 2.2 cm
Weight: 3.84 g
Provenance
Private Collection TS, London