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LOT 0495
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16,740
BYZANTINE GOLD NECKLACE WITH CRUCIFORM PENDANT
5TH-8TH CENTURY AD
14" (37 grams, 35.5cm).
5TH-8TH CENTURY AD
14" (37 grams, 35.5cm).
A fine round-section trichinopoly band with loop and collar to each end, series of five graduated gold hinged discoid plaques each with an inset blue or red glass cabochon; from the lower edge of the central plaque, a hinged cruciform pendant of one discoid and three piriform garnet cabochons with granule below, two lateral securing chains.
PROVENANCE:
From an old Oriental collection.