CROSS-PENDANT IN GOLD AND AMETHYST Byzantine art, 6th-7th century AD Pendant in the form of a cross with a bezel, decorated with a greneté pattern, enclosing an amethyst cabochon in its centre. Gross weight: 18.54 g Height: 6.4 cm Provenance: Former Sharpe Memorial Collection, London Simon Schmidt, London, 2007 Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009: n°242 (ill.) Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins Exhibitions : Byzantine Art, Iconastas, Piccadilly Arcade, London, 2008 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011-August 2023 Bibliography: M. Eiland, "Materials and Manufacture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 160, fig. 25 A Byzantine gold and amethyst pendant cross, 6th-7th century A.D.