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LOT 0228
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).
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
From an EU collection before 2020.
See Pitarakis, B., Les Croix-Reliquaires Pectorales Byzantines en Bronze, Paris, 2006, for discussion.
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