A BYZANTINE BRONZE MOULD FOR A PENDANT CROSS

CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.

Details

A BYZANTINE BRONZE MOULD FOR A PENDANT CROSS
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
The oval shaped mould with cross in high relief, decorated with beading and circles
1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, Germany; acquired in the 1990s.

Exhibited

Munich, The Bavarian State Archaeological Museum, 1998-1999.
Munich, The Bavarian State Archaeological Museum, Die Welt von Byzanz, 2004-2005, no. 509.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue, Die Welt von Byanz - Europas östliches Erbe: Glanz, Krisen und Fortleban einer tausendjährigen Kultur, Munich, 2004, no. 509.
L. Wamser and G. Zahlhaas, Rom und Byzanz: Archaeologische Kostbarkeiten aus Bayern, Munich, 1998, no. 302.

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