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Icon with Christ Pantokrator (Met 17.190.66)

Byzantine ivory icon, 11th–12th century, used as a source-backed BIU001 object seed.

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Frontal ivory relief of a haloed Christ, with one hand raised in blessing and the other holding a decorated Gospel book; holes and cracks remain visible. — Authentic documentary object photographIcon with Christ Pantokrator — Met 17.190.66
Byzantine ivory icon, 11th–12th century. The photograph shows the surviving object, not a reconstruction of its original appearance.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917; 17.190.66. Public Domain / CC0. ICU preserved the full prepared FND-007 rendition without crop, rotation or reconstruction.
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Title: Icon with Christ Pantokrator (Met 17.190.66)
Date: 11th–12th century
Medium: Elephant ivory
Culture: Byzantine
Geography: Not asserted in archive
Classification: Not asserted in archive
Source record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art object 17.190.66 ↗
Rights checked: 2026-09-10 · Public Domain

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Blessing GestureIcon with Christ Pantokrator (Met 17.190.66) —uses-gesture→ Blessing Gesture · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-493.Christ PantokratorIcon with Christ Pantokrator (Met 17.190.66) —depicts-as-type→ Christ Pantokrator · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-012.Gospel BookIcon with Christ Pantokrator (Met 17.190.66) —uses-attribute→ Gospel Book · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-494.IvoryIcon with Christ Pantokrator (Met 17.190.66) —uses-material→ Ivory · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-013.

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Icon with Christ Pantokrator (Met 17.190.66)uses-gestureBlessing Gestureuses-gestureDouble-Sided Pendant Icon (Met 1994.403)
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Icon with Christ Pantokrator (Met 17.190.66)uses-gestureBlessing Gestureincludes-gestureVirgin Hodegetria
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Icon with Christ Pantokrator (Met 17.190.66)depicts-as-typeChrist PantokratorrepresentsChrist
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Christ Pantokrator

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Ivory

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Blessing Gesture

source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Gospel Book

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