Two-sided pendant with reliefs of the Virgin and Child, Saint Nicholas, and Saint Helena
Two-sided pendant with reliefs of the Virgin and Child, Saint Nicholas, and Saint Helena
Two-sided pendant with reliefs of the Virgin and Child, Saint Nicholas, and Saint Helena
Two-sided pendant with reliefs of the Virgin and Child, Saint Nicholas, and Saint Helena

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Two-sided pendant with reliefs of the Virgin and Child, Saint Nicholas, and Saint Helena,

late 15th century

Russian
2010-79

Information

Title
Two-sided pendant with reliefs of the Virgin and Child, Saint Nicholas, and Saint Helena
Dates

late 15th century

Medium
Ivory, silver gilt, bronze, and pearl
Dimensions
9.1 x 5.8 x 1.9 cm (3 9/16 x 2 5/16 x 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund, and gift of the Department of Art and Archaeology in honor of Professor Slobodan Curcic
Object Number
2010-79
Place Made

Russia

Culture
Russian
Type
ivories, religious art, icons
Materials
bronze, silver, ivory, pearl
Techniques
gilding
Subject
halos (glories), figures (representations), saints, men, inscriptions, scrollwork, iconography, Christianity, spirals, women, Christ, children (people by age group), Mary

With Sam Fogg, London; acquired by the Museum in 2010.

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