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LOT 0293
Dark Age Bronze Decorated Pyxis
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
3 in. (56.9 grams, 77 mm).
Tubular in section with planar base; circumferential ribbing to the sidewall and pounced field with reserved tendrils and leaves; with later Lombardic script legend above base '+ XTVS EVANGELII REDIMITVS HONORE DECENTI' (Christ ... of the Gospel submitted with noble honour).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
See Klein, H.A., Amalfi, Byzantium, and the Vexed Question of Artistic 'Influence' in Zeitschrift des Deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft, 2015.
FootnotesA similar dedicatory inscription appears on the Farfa Casket.
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