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Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
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LOT 1135

Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant

CIRCA 9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/8 in. (22.9 grams, 54 mm).

Enkolpion reliquary pendant with hinged body and substantial suspension loop; obverse with low-relief nimbate Christ with four busts surrounding; reverse with incised figural detail. [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 ticket.

Literature

Cf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 258, for type.

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LOT 1135

Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £195

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