BYZANTINE GOLD PATENT CROSS PENDANT WITH GARNET

Ca. AD 500 - 600 A stunning Byzantine bronze patent cross-shaped pendant decorated with gold pellet clusters on the arms and a central garnet secured in a gold frame composed of four contrapposed clusters of pellets. On the top, there is a circular hoop to fix the pendant to a chain or rope. This was an iconic object for daily life during the Byzantine Empire. For similar see: Byzantium and the West: Jewelry in the first millennium, n 14A.
Size: 44mm x 35mm; Weight: 10g
Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously acquired at the art market in Vienna; formerly in an Austrian collection formed prior to 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.
1000
Estimate: GBP 1500 - 3000