Element of a cross-pectorium, cast bronze encolpion, decorat - Lot 56

Lot 56
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Element of a cross-pectorium, cast bronze encolpion, decorat - Lot 56
Element of a cross-pectorium, cast bronze encolpion, decorated in relief with busts of the four evangelists in medallions and the Virgin Mary in the center. The Virgin is wrapped in the maphorion which crosses over the chest in a succession of tight folds. Constantinople or Anatolia, 10th/ 11th century (erosion, missing) H. 9.4 cm Book consulted: Brigitte Pitarakis, Les croix-reliquaires pectorales byzantine en bronze, Cahors, 2006 p 195
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