Russian Three Bar Cross
Product ID: A1800-110
$2,495.00
About this piece
Three crossbars, one figure, and a lot of small openwork.
Russian makers cast this three bar cross in bronze in the 18th or 19th century. Crosses with an extra slanted lower bar are commonly associated with Orthodox Christian devotion, and cast bronze crosses were often kept in homes or carried. The upright is pierced and crowded with small devices around a central crucified figure. Panels of cut openwork rise to a crown of little finials at the top, and traces of blue and white enamel survive in recesses. The metal is dark and golden-brown, rubbed bright on the high points. It stands on a slim black mount.
About ten inches tall. Dense, devout, and worth leaning in for.
