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LOT 0747
Byzantine Gold Earring
CIRCA 8TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.11 grams, 23 mm).
Hollow-formed drum with domed lower face, applied collar and two rows of granules, split loop above.
ProvenanceEx European collection formed in the 1990s.
Acquired from a North London gallery.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 0747
Byzantine Gold Earring
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Byzantine Ribbed Bronze Bowl
Circa 12th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Of hemispherical form with broad everted rim, shallow fluting to the lower body. 603 grams, 15 cm wide
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Byzantine Lead Pilgrim's Holy Water Ampulla
Circa 8th-13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Flat, piriform type with low-relief saltire to the neck and two loop handles. 16.4 grams, 51 mm
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Byzantine Gemstone with the Personification of Constantinople
5th century A.D.Estimate: £10,000 - 14,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5,000
Carnelian cabochon in gold cell with ropework border, ribbed loop and chain sections; intaglio figure of Constantinople standing wearing full panoply of armour with crested helmet, holding an oval shield, a spear and supporting a globus cruciger; supplied with an impression of the seal and housed in a custom-made display case. 2.86 grams, 59 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.11933-210475.
The oval gem shows the personification of the new capital of the Roman Empire: Νέα Ρώμη, Constantinople, founded by Constantine the Great on the shores of the Bosphorus, on the site of the ancient Greek Megarese colony of Byzantium, on 11 May 330 A.D. The city was the new centre of the Roman Empire for the next 1123 years.
