Cleveland Museum of Art
Pectoral Cross
- Date
- 1600s
- Medium
- walrus ivory, wood, partially gilt silver and pearls
- Culture
- Byzantium, Russia, Byzantine period, 17th century
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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.
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