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Pectoral Cross
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About this work
This ivory cross is carved on the front with scenes drawn from Twelve Feasts of the Orthodox Church, including the Passion and Resurrection of Christ; on the reverse is a scene of the Mother of God surrounded by clergy. The scenes include Slavonic inscriptions. The ivory cross is mounted within a silver frame as a pectoral to be worn at the breast, probably by a priest.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePectoral Cross, 1600s. Byzantium, Russia, Byzantine period, 17th century. Walrus ivory, wood, partially gilt silver and pearls; overall: 10.5 x 5 x 1.7 cm (4 1/8 x 1 15/16 x 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Eleanor and Morris Everett, 1993.37
