Vintage Bronze Armenian Bird Cross
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A bird stands at the head of the Vintage Bronze Armenian Bird Cross, its long neck raised and its beak open. The body of the bird, like the arms of the cross beneath it, is worked in raised ringed dots set in threes and pairs, and the shaft widens toward the foot with the slightly irregular outline of something modelled by hand rather than struck from a die.
The bird is the only figure here, and in Christian metalwork of this kind it is read as the soul, or as the dove of the Holy Spirit keeping watch above the cross. Armenia was the first nation on earth to take Christianity as its own, early in the fourth century, and its crosses have kept a directness that later European work refined away. This one is folk art in the best sense: plain, confident, and entirely serious.
The Armenian bird cross was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves the cross's vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
Product Details
A bird stands at the head of the Vintage Bronze Armenian Bird Cross, its long neck raised and its beak open. The body of the bird, like the arms of the cross beneath it, is worked in raised ringed dots set in threes and pairs, and the shaft widens toward the foot with the slightly irregular outline of something modelled by hand rather than struck from a die.
The bird is the only figure here, and in Christian metalwork of this kind it is read as the soul, or as the dove of the Holy Spirit keeping watch above the cross. Armenia was the first nation on earth to take Christianity as its own, early in the fourth century, and its crosses have kept a directness that later European work refined away. This one is folk art in the best sense: plain, confident, and entirely serious.
The Armenian bird cross was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves the cross's vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
