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LOT 0989
Byzantine Bronze Artefact Collection
6TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1 1/8 - 2 3/4 in. (115 grams total, 28-71 mm).
Mainly comprising ornamental buckles and mounts, including openwork and zoomorphic examples. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in London in 1982.
Property of a central London gentleman.
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Byzantine Bronze Ring with Bird
6th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Slender hoop expanding to an oval bezel with hatched border, intaglio motif of a stylised water bird facing right. 2.00 grams, 19.48 mm overall, 16.73 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Intaglio Gemstone
Circa 6th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With incised legend '+OKA / TOIKO / NENBO / HΘIA' (for 'O KATOIKΩN EN BOHΩEIA' "Whoever dwells in the shelter (of the most high)' from Psalm 90. 1.3 grams, 17 mm
From an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva. -
Byzantine Silver Magical Plaque with St. Sisinnius
6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Ovoid plaque with incised amuletic ornament; obverse with nimbate horseman bearing a cross potent spearing a supine stylised female figure, Greek legend above 'oΑΓΟC CICINIC' (St. Sisinnius); reverse with advancing lion and Syrian and Greek legend relating to Μαρία η Αιγυπτία (St. Mary of Egypt). 4.13 grams, 31 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
In Byzantine folklore, St Sisinnius was the supernatural horseman and opponent of the Gelloudes, a class of female witches.
