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LOT 1112
Byzantine Silver Artefact Group
6TH-15TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
3/8 - 1 5/8 in. (12.81 grams total, 11-40 mm).
Including a teardrop pendant, sheet-silver miniature mask, plano-convex crystal lens and other items. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Byzantine Bronze Pendant Cross
10th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Expanding-arm type with integral loop and low-relief Maltese cross at the centre. 4.43 grams, 44 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Plate
10th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
The enkolpion with hinged loop, nimbate figure in orans pose with a smaller robed figure before, inscription above, two nimbate saints to the arms. 49.5 grams, 10.6 cm
Acquired on the German art market, 2003. Private collection, Europe. -
Byzantine Gold Standing Female Pendant
7th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Hollow-formed and modelled in the round, standing female wearing a palla around her hips, hands raised to her hair; applied mounting strip to reverse and wire stud to brow to mount a bead. 3.44 grams, 39 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13138-248306.
The stance is based on the famous Venus Anadyomene image of the goddess emerging from the sea, as shown in the mosaic at Casa del Principe di Napoli in Pompeii.