Byzantine Reliquary Cross Pendant
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Description
10th-11th century A.D. A bronze two-part enkolpion reliquary cross with hinge and fastening mount, suspension ring above; one face with low-relief of Jesus in stavrosis position, dressed in a long garment (kolobion), the other side with the Mother of God in orans pose. Cf. Pitarakis, B., Les Croix-Reliquaires Pectorales Byzantines en Bronze, Paris, 2006, items nos.159-163, pp.233-234ff. 14.56 grams, 58 mm high (2 1/4 in.) German art market before 2000. With a European gentleman living in the UK. Property of a Surrey gentleman. The enkolpion belongs to the category of type IV of the Pitarakis classification. The iconography is that of the Crucifixion, to one side, and the Virgo Orans to the other side.
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Fine condition.
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Byzantine Reliquary Cross Pendant
Estimate £150 - £200
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