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LOT 1321
Byzantine Bronze Pectoral Cross Pendant
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (40 grams, 89 mm).
An expanding arm cross with five circular cells flanked by ring-and-dot motifs, likely representing the five wounds of Christ; the reverse with a large annulate surrounded by four ring-and-dot motifs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market from the 1990s.
From the private collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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