Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant

CIRCA 9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/8 in. (21.9 grams, 55 mm).

Enkolpion with hinged and ribbed loop; low-relief nimbate figure wearing a loincloth to obverse; robed figure to reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridge, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.

Accompanied by a typed dealer's identification ticket.

Literature

Cf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, items 165, 166, 168, for type.

CONDITION

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