Property from a European Private Collection (Lots 1-5)
BYZANTINE, 6TH CENTURY AND LATER | NECKLACE WITH A PENDANT OF GOD THE FATHER
Auction Closed
July 2, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Property from a European Private Collection (Lots 1-5)
BYZANTINE, 6TH CENTURY AND LATER
NECKLACE WITH A PENDANT OF GOD THE FATHER
steatite, mounted in gold, with pearl and glass pendants
30cm., 11¾in. suspended
Adolphe (1871-1949) and Suzanne Stoclet, Brussels;
thence by descent;
private European collection
This necklace seems to combine several different Byzantine objects. Whereas steatite is not used in Constantinople until the 10th century, comparable locks and cylinders are consistently dated to the 6th and 7th centuries. See M.C. Ross, Jewelry, Enamels and art of the Migration Period, cat. The Dumbarton Oaks Centre for Byzantine Studies, vol. II, Washington, 1965, nos. 6B and 179C, and Sotheby's London, 27 April 1965, lot 51.