Lot no. 160
CROSS-PENDANT IN GOLD AND CHRYSOPRASE
Byzantine art, 6th century AD
Pendant in the shape of a cross with a chrysoprase cabochon in the centre.
Gross weight: 6.31 gr.
Height: 5.2 cm
Provenance: Former Sharpe Memorial Collection, London
Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009: n°244 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins
Exhibitions: 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. 27
A Byzantine gold and chrysoprase pendant cross,
6th century A.D.
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