Two-piece enkolpion with hinged suspension loop, to obverse face a low-relief Corpus Christi; 91mm, 70.34 grams.
Acquired on the EU art market in the late 1980s-1990s. Ex European Auction House.
Currently in UK private collector.
LITERATURE: Cf. Pitarakis, B., Les Croix-Reliquaries Pectorales Byzantines en Bronze, Paris, 2006.
Fine condition.