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LOT 1025
Large Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
8TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (147 grams, 11.2 cm).
Formed from two hinged plates with a recess to the inner face of each, cast suspension loop to the upper hinge; one face with ring-and-dot motifs and radiating lines forming a Maltese cross; the reverse with central ring-and-dot on a ropework field. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired London art market, 1960s-1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK collector.
Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
See Khanenko, B., Antiquités Russes Croix et Images, Kiev, 1899, for discussion of types.
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