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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]
ProvenanceAcquired from the London trade.
Ex central London gallery.
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Byzantine Decorated Leather Case
10th-12th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £156
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. 130 grams, 45 cm
Acquired from the London trade. Ex central London gallery. -
Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant
9th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With remains of notch detailing to the outer edges of the arms, two links of the suspension chain. 2.58 grams, 38 mm
Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities, Essex, UK. Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection. -
Byzantine Bronze Weight Collection
8th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Consisting of square-shaped weights of various sizes, most displaying markings to one or more faces in the form of Christian crosses; X-motifs; pricked letters; inscribed Greek letters; together with one weight featuring gusseted side walls. 92 grams total, 9-21 mm
Ex Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s. From a North London collection.
