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LOT 0813
Byzantine Bronze Cross Collection
10TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 1/2 in. (17.2 grams total, 29-37 mm).
Including one miniature enkolpion with articulated suspension loop, four of various types with integral loop. [5]
Provenance
English collection, early 2000s.
Ex central London gallery.
Literature
Cf. Pitarakis, B., Les Croix-Reliquaires Pectorales Byzantines en Bronze, Paris, 2006, item 277, for type.
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