ANCIENT JEWELLERY & SEAL RINGS HAMMER AUCTION | Apr 21, 2026
Lot 388
A GOLD AND ROCK CRYSTAL PENDANT BYZANTINE, 6TH CENTURY AD A GOLD AND ROCK CRYSTAL PENDANT BYZANTINE, 6TH CENTURY AD A GOLD AND ROCK CRYSTAL PENDANT BYZANTINE, 6TH CENTURY AD A GOLD AND ROCK CRYSTAL PENDANT BYZANTINE, 6TH CENTURY AD

Lot 388 A GOLD AND ROCK CRYSTAL PENDANT BYZANTINE, 6TH CENTURY AD

Reference: ART600924

A Byzantine pendant in gold and rock crystal. The technique involved two oval cabochon rock crystal element, one of which was engraved on the flat side and then gilded with gold dust and a substance for adherence. The two halves were kept together by the gold frame which had a narrow profile in order not to obscure the type, which shows the Virgin and child with and Angel with an equal armed cross above.
35 by 24 mm.

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From a European collection formed in the 1980's.

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