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LOT 1117
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
CIRCA 9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (21.7 grams, 62 mm).
Enkolpion reliquary cross with hinge and suspension ring above; obverse with low-relief Jesus in stavrosis pose, nimbate and dressed in a robe; reverse with robed Mother of God in orans pose. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Den of Antiquity, Cambridge, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
Accompanied by a handwritten dealer's ticket.
Cf. Pitarakis, B., Les Croix-Reliquaires Pectorales Byzantines en Bronze, Paris, 2006, item 125.
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