Reliquary Cross with Saint George
Unknown
800–1300 · Copper alloy · Medieval Art
The figure of Saint George wearing a tunic, arms raised in supplication, is incised on one side of this cross. A star with geometric designs and lost inlays decorates the reverse. Saint George is the most common figure on this type of cross.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 800–1300
- Medium
- Copper alloy
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Lisa Papamarkou Jewell, in memory of her brother, Alexander Papamarkou, on the occasion of the opening of the Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries for Byzantine Art, 2000