Chain with Birds and Geometric Motifs
Unknown
1000–1200 · Cloisonné enamel, gold · Medieval Art
Chains, called riazni, were created from small cloisonné enamel medallions. The chains may have joined layers of dress, been worn as necklaces or bracelets, or used to suspend circular or crescent-shaped pendants known as temple pendants or kolti. Rus’ women wore temple pendants in pairs, suspended beside the face, at the temple, as part of their elaborate headdress.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1000–1200
- Medium
- Cloisonné enamel, gold
- Culture
- Kyivan Rus’
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
