Byzantine Reliquary Cross Pendant with Saints, c. 10th- 12th century A.D.

(Byzantine Cross )

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Item No.
29.35586
Culture
Byzantine, c. 10th- 12th century A.D.  
Item Details.
Large bronze enkolpion reliquary cross pendant with rounded finials comprising two hinged plates and an articulated suspension loop with vertical rib, obverse with bust of Christ holding a book and four flanking nimbate busts, reverse with Mary Theotokos and four nimbate busts.

Provenance: Property of a gentleman, acquired in the late 1960s -early 1970s.

Size
11.6 cm L - 4 9/16 inches
Material
Bronze 
Condition
Intact 
Categories
Byzantine
Price.
US$ 1200
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