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LOT 1934
Gold Byzantine Style Pendant with Garnet
19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (4.63 grams, 32 mm).
Composed of a discoid body and loop with pelletted border, granulation to the face in expanding-arm cross pattern with small interstitial crosses, in a 6th-7th century Byzantine style; central cell with cabochon garnet insert. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection formed in the 1980s.
Ex property of a retired sculptor.
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