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Post Byzantine Openwork Cross with Roundels
Post Byzantine Openwork Cross with Roundels
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18th-19th century AD. A large bronze cross with ornamental openwork in Bulgarian style, formed of four symmetrical arms, each inscribed with a smaller cross inside, rounded lobes at the ends of each arm and five decorative medallions, one positioned in the centre of the cross and four in the terminal parts of each extension; still preserved two over four suspension loops at the edges of the medallions. See Yotov, V., Atanassov, G., Skala. Une Fortresse Du X-Xis Pres Du Village De Kladentzi, Dep. De Tervel, Bulgaria, Varna, 1998, pl.XI, pl.XCIX no.328, for the prototype. 320 grams, 30.5cm (12"). Property of a gentleman from Vienna; from his private collection formed since 1970. The presence of the loops at the extremities of the four medallions can support the hypothesis that the cross was suspended over an altar or shrine, or it was maybe attached to the centre of a Polycandelon (multiple chandelier), like in some specimen from Cherson. [No Reserve] For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price
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Fine condition.
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Post Byzantine Openwork Cross with Roundels

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