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LOT 1142
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Plate
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (13.8 grams, 52 mm).
Enkolpion plate with pierced lugs; obverse with low-relief nimbate robed figure in orans pose with teardrop motifs surrounding. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex David Miller, Hemel Hempstead, London, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
Accompanied by a handwritten ticket.
Literature
Cf. Pitarakis, B., Les Croix-Reliquaires Pectorales Byzantines En Bronze, France, 2006, fig.45.
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