{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-flowering-crucifix-with-etched-leaves","title":"Vintage Bronze Flowering Crucifix with Etched Leaves","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Bronze Flowering Crucifix with Etched Leaves closes every arm in a pointed, veined leaf, and at the crossing a full open flower spreads behind the corpus, so the cross reads as a living branch in bloom. Christ is modelled in high relief with the head fallen to the right, and the etched veining is carried right out to the leaf tips.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flowering cross is one of the oldest and most hopeful images in Christian art: the dead wood of the crucifixion breaking into leaf, the tree of the fall made the tree of life. It appears again and again on nineteenth-century European rosary crucifixes, where a devout hand wanted the Passion and the resurrection held in a single object rather than kept apart. The antiquing brings it out, letting the engraved veins hold shadow while the corpus stands bright above them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe crucifix was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade in the USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtisan-cast from an antique original\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Equatoria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48943434760377,"sku":"3c3-744-B","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-744-B.png?v=1787688711","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-flowering-crucifix-with-etched-leaves","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}