ID 1360696
Lot 61 | FIVE BYZANTINE GOLD JEWELRY ELEMENTS
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
CIRCA LATE 6TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
Including a circular pendant with St. Menas and two camels (circa late 6th-mid 8th century); a circular necklace clasp-plate with an embossed cross (circa 7th-8th century); and three glass-inlaid cross pendants, circa 8th century (rightmost); circa 9th-11th century (leftmost); and circa 12th century (lower left).
1 ¾ in. (4.5 cm.) long (necklace clasp-plate with embossed cross)
Provenance
Glass-inlaid cross pendant (rightmost):
with Elie Bustros, Beirut.
Glass-inlaid cross pendant (leftmost):
with Fouad Alouf, Beirut.
All:
Ernst Kofler-Truniger (1903-1990) and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1918-1999), Luzern (Inv. nos. K. 726 W, K 726 V, K 728 D, K 726 M and K 717 B).
Private Collection, Luzern, acquired from the above circa 1974; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.
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