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Pair of temple pendants (kolti) with filigree border

Pair of temple pendants (kolti) with filigree border





Artist : Anonymous


Date : approx. between 1000 and 1200

Material : Silver and niello
Acquisition : Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan (1917)
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Center
Ground Floor
Item 81 on 80
Objet(s) d'Art
Jewel

Vitrine : V06

Area related
Kiev (Ukraine)

Description   

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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