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LOT 1120

Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant

CIRCA 9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

2 3/4 in. (32.5 grams, 70 mm).

Enkolpion reliquary cross with hinge and suspension ring above; obverse with incised nimbate Jesus in stavrosis position, dressed in hatched garment; reverse with Mother of God in orans pose flanked by fronds. [No Reserve]

Provenance

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

Literature

Cf. Pitarakis, B., Les Croix-Reliquaries Pectorales Byzantines en Bronze, Paris, 2006, item 125, for type.

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LOT 1120

Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

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