Date : approx. between 1000 and 1200
Material : Silver and niello
Acquisition : Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan (1917)
Art byzantin russe
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Objets d'Art
Jewel (Pendentif)
Vitrine : V06
Area related
Kiev (Ukraine)
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This pair of temple pendants (kolti) is decorated, on one side, with griffins, mythical creatures popular in Byzantine art. The other side carries interlace patterns that may relate to the Viking traditions of the founders of Rus'.
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