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LOT 1016

Byzantine Bronze Pendant Chain Necklace

6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

22 1/2 in. (18.3 grams, 57.2 cm).

Trichinopoly cord with coiled wire finials, hook-and-eye fastening.

Provenance

Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. Ross, M.C., Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Volume 2: Jewelry, Enamels and Art of the Migration Period, Washington, 2005, no.7, pl.XV, pp.12-13, for similar necklace's chain.

Footnotes

The chain is a multiple 'loop-in-loop' type, a general type of necklace, especially in use in the Romano-Egyptian Jewellery of 3rd-7th century A.D. The early examples were done in Alexandria and the production lasted until the Arab conquest of 641 A.D.

CONDITION

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LOT 1016

Byzantine Bronze Pendant Chain Necklace

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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