Byzantine Reliquary Cross Pendant with Saints, c. 10th- 12th century A.D.

Byzantine Reliquary Cross Pendant with Saints, c. 10th- 12th century A.D.
Large bronze enkolpion reliquary cross pendant with rounded finials comprising two hinged plates and an articulated suspension loop with vertical rib, obverse with bust of Christ holding a book and four flanking nimbate busts, reverse with Mary Theotokos and four nimbate busts.

Size:11.6 cm L - 4 9/16 inches
Material:Bronze
Culture:Byzantine, c. 10th- 12th century A.D.
Provenance: Property of a gentleman, acquired in the late 1960s -early 1970s.

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Condition Report: Intact