Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant

CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER

3 3/4 in. (51 grams, 97 mm).

Articulated enkolpion with loop; low-relief robed figure to each face in orans pose with legend above 'ΟΑΓΗΟC / NΑΠ[.]ΔΗC' (Saint ...) and ΟΑΓΗΟCΓ/ΗΟΡΓΗC (Saint George).

Provenance

Acquired on the German art market before 2000.
From an EU collection before 2020.

Literature

See Pitarakis, B., Les Croix-Reliquaires Pectorales Byzantines en Bronze, Paris, 2006, for discussion.

CONDITION

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LOT 0228