File:Ethiopian - Processional Cross - Walters 542894 - Side A.jpg
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Processional Cross |
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Description |
English: The exceptional quality of this cross demonstrates the high level of technical skill attained by the monastic artisans of the 15th century. Its multiple openings create a complicated pattern composed of nine interlocking circles enclosed within a quatrelobe frame. Intricate ribbon work fills the boundary between this frame and the circular shapes of the interior. Fine linear decoration completes the design and accentuates the delicate appearance of the composition. At the outside edges of the terminal points of the cross, intertwining lines end in serpentine curves. The snake-like forms assume a more distinct shape on either side of the looping brackets that secure the cross to its base. Such details possibly incorporate references to the brazen serpent of Moses as described in the Book of Numbers (21:4-9). In the wake of a devastating plague of poisonous snakes, God instructed the Israelites to erect a brass serpent upon a pole. Because gazing upon this object was believed to cure those bitten, Christians interpreted the brazen serpent as a prefiguration of the redemptive cross of Christ. The three large crosses at the terminal positions appear to emerge, plant-like, from the diamond-shaped supports that connect them to the frame. The organic shape of these details alludes to the sprouting leaves of the Tree of Paradise, an object with which the cross was often associated. The perforated crosses that flank the shaft would have secured the fabric with which the cross was "dressed" for processions. The intricate patterns and brilliant execution make this object one of the most important crosses to exist outside of Ethiopia. |
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Date |
15th century date QS:P571,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 (Solomonic) |
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Medium |
bronze medium QS:P186,Q34095 |
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Dimensions | 26 × 15.8 cm (10.2 × 6.2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
54.2894 |
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Place of creation | Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Exhibition history | Angels of Light: Ethiopian Art from the Walters Art Museum. Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton; Museum of Biblical Art, New York. 2006-2007. Ethiopian Art at The Walters. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996. Art that Heals: The Image as Medicine in Ethiopia. Museum for African Art, New York; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1997. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Museum purchase with funds provided by the W. Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund, 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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