Lot 1000
Handsome Processional Cross in Bronze and Silver. Byzantine, c. 8th-12 century AD. Cross botonnée: the arms with lobed ends, and a spiked base at the bottom. Bronze pierced, once in each lobe, and a cruciform at center, and set with heavy silver wire, whose ends have been rounded into granules. Intact and finely preserved, with green and brown patina. Much of the silver deeply toned. Height: 8-3/4"; on custom stand. A choice artifact -- the cross form rare, and the silver ornament less common.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000.
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| Realized $2,760 |
