LOT 1953 Byzantine Reliquary Cross Pendant with Saints
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10th-12th century AD. A large bronze enkolpion reliquary cross pendant comprising two narrow hinged plates and an articulated suspension loop with vertical rib; obverse with Corpus Christi and small flanking busts; reverse with Mary Theotokos in orans posture and four nimbate busts surrounding. Cf. Wamser, L. Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 258. 122 grams, 10.5cm (4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s.
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