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LOT 0851

Byzantine Decorated Leather Case

10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER

17 3/4 in. (130 grams, 45 cm).

Rectangular leather case with turned and seamed end (vertical seam absent); reverse with tooled panels of foliage and tendrils in rectangular frames, obverse with large tooled rosette in a tondo on a hatched field with geometric frame. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired from the London trade.
Ex central London gallery.

CONDITION

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LOT 0851

Byzantine Decorated Leather Case

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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