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Estimate
GBP (£) 6,000 - 8,000
EUR (€) 6,940 - 9,250
USD ($) 8,040 - 10,720
11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (11.7 grams, 34 mm).
Biconvex in section with ribbed suspension loop; obverse with profile figure of Mary on a donkey with infant Jesus in her arms; reverse with voided Maltese cross.
PROVENANCE:
Ex Michael Denis O’Hara in the 1970s.
From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12402-225432.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Daux, G., Collection Hélène Stathatos. Les Objets Byzantins et Post-Byzantins, Strasbourg, Amandry, 1957; Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, items 44, 639 for similar worked rock crystal with religious imagery.
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