[BYZANTINE-STYLE DESK PORTFOLIO.] Portfolio of embossed leather over wooden boards, front cover with brass repoussé plaque in the Byzantine manner, 12 outer compartments surrounding a central compartment depicting Christ and Lazarus, 6 of the outer panels with painted ornamentation (some flaking), back cover with brocaded velvet, inner brocaded fabric liner. Provenance: purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 18 October 1955.
[BYZANTINE-STYLE DESK PORTFOLIO.] Portfolio of embossed leather over wooden boards, front cover with brass repoussé plaque in the Byzantine manner, 12 outer compartments surrounding a central compartment depicting Christ and Lazarus, 6 of the outer panels with painted ornamentation (some flaking), back cover with brocaded velvet, inner brocaded fabric liner. Provenance: purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 18 October 1955.

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[BYZANTINE-STYLE DESK PORTFOLIO.] Portfolio of embossed leather over wooden boards, front cover with brass repoussé plaque in the Byzantine manner, 12 outer compartments surrounding a central compartment depicting Christ and Lazarus, 6 of the outer panels with painted ornamentation (some flaking), back cover with brocaded velvet, inner brocaded fabric liner. Provenance: purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 18 October 1955.

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