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LOT 1116
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (22.8 grams, 63 mm).
Articulated enkolpion with loop; incised robed and nimbate figure to obverse in orans pose with legend below arms 'ICXC' (abbreviation for Jesus Christ); reverse with incised robed and nimbate figure to obverse in orans pose with stars surrounding.
ProvenanceEx David Miller, Hemel Hempstead, London, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
Cf. Pitarakis, B., Les Croix-Reliquaires Pectorales Byzantines en Bronze, Paris, 2006, item 146, for type.
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