BYZANTINE GOLD NECKLACE WITH TWO DISC SHAPED MEDALLIONS
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Ca. AD 500 - 700.
A Byzantine 23.5 ct gold chain necklace formed with double-loop bars connecting openwork panels of intersecting circles. The eye and hook closure is decorated with 23 ct gold scrollwork disc-shaped medallions. For similar see: Byzantium and the West: jewellery on the First Millennium, pg. 110, fig. 15.1. This piece has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements.
Size: 460mm x 5mm; Weight: 5g
Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; previously acquired on the UK/European art market in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
A Byzantine 23.5 ct gold chain necklace formed with double-loop bars connecting openwork panels of intersecting circles. The eye and hook closure is decorated with 23 ct gold scrollwork disc-shaped medallions. For similar see: Byzantium and the West: jewellery on the First Millennium, pg. 110, fig. 15.1. This piece has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements.
Size: 460mm x 5mm; Weight: 5g
Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; previously acquired on the UK/European art market in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
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BYZANTINE GOLD NECKLACE WITH TWO DISC SHAPED MEDALLIONS
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