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LOT 0203
Eastern Roman Glass Pendant with Menorah
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (1.07 grams, 22 mm).
Discoid with impressed menorah motif, integral loop.
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. for similar glass pendants Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, items 304-307, for the type.
FootnotesGlass medallions were produced especially in Syria and decorated with imagery including Christian saints and monograms. The iconography of the Menorah was used by both Christian and Jewish communities, being for the Orthodox church a symbol of divine light, the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost and the church itself.
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