Sale 8223
New York, East
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28 - 29 April 1999
Price realised
USD 1,725
Estimate
FIVE BYZANTINE BRONZE POLYCANDELON DISKS circa 5th-7th century a.d. Each an openwork disk with smaller disks for insertion of the lamps and a cruciform pattern in the center 9 in. ( 24.1 cm.) in diameter for the first (5)
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Specialist Sarah Reynolds highlights the sumptuous work of the Pre-Raphaelites’ second and third generations
Specialist Camille de Foresta explains how these two large beasts were made some 1,000 years ago to accompany their Chinese owner into the afterlife