
Cleveland Museum of Art
Harness Pendant
- Date
- 1200s
- Medium
- gilded copper, champlevé enamel
- Culture
- France, Gothic period, 13th century
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Probably a pendant (hanging ornament) because of the loop at the top, this plaque may have been hung from a horse's breast plate. It also could be a crusader's badge.
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