CIRCA LATE 11TH-EARLY 12TH CENTURY A.D.

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A BYZANTINE GOLD AND ENAMEL ROUNDEL
CIRCA LATE 11TH-EARLY 12TH CENTURY A.D.
The cloissoné enamel disk with a bust of Christ on one side, depicted bearded, wearing a dark blue cloak over a yellow tunic, his halo green with white rays, his hair, beard, the pupils of the eyes and the brows all black; mounted as a pendant with a modern gold mouth with chain
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) diameter

Provenance

New York City Collection, formed in the 1960s.

Lot Essay

For an enkolpion with a similar depiction of Christ, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, see no. 112, p. 165 in Evans and Wixom, eds., The Glory of Byzantium, Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843-1261..

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