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LOT 0943
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (47.6 grams, 80 cm).
Comprising two hinged plates and articulated suspension loop with hatched decoration; the obverse with Corpus Christi and four busts of the evangelists; the reverse blank flat-section plate, two rivets through the cross.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Byzantine Marble Table Top with Roundels
6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £25,000 - 35,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £12,500
Broad stone disc with band of carved roundels to the border, dished central panel; the border comprising seventeen socket roundels with rosette and tendril ornament between, each roundel with reserved figural or emblematic ornament: an equal-arm cross with ivy leaves in the spandrels; to either side of this, a reserved regardant peacock; next to these, in pairs a calf's forequarters on each side; next, a goat, then a bull, then a regardant bird, a ram, a lamb and a peacock, remains of original pigment; reinforced with a steel backing and claws; accompanied by professionally made 'lift-on' wall brackets for display. 87 kg, 102 cm including wall bracket
Acquired in London from a UK collector in the early 2000s. Previously with an Austrian collector in London. Formerly in a North American collection. From a London gentleman, 2000s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12400-226356
The beasts have symbolic importance, such as the peacock for resurrection, the lamb as the -
Byzantine Silver Buckle with Cross
5th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Double-tongue type with rectangular loop, square plate with applied cross pommée and central gold cell; slider to the reverse. 15.2 grams, 52 mm
From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. -
Byzantine Bronze 'Lord Help Leon the Servant' Stamp Seal
5th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £358
Comprising a conical body with segmented outer face and loop motifs, biconvex baluster, thick loop; retrograde legend to the underside: '+KE BO / HΘITOV / ΔΟΥΛΟ / ΛΕΟΤΑ (Lord help Leon the servant). 15.6 grams, 25 mm
From the private collection of Mr K.A., acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s.
