A BYZANTINE BRONZE MOULD FOR A PENDANT CROSS

CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.

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A BYZANTINE BRONZE MOULD FOR A PENDANT CROSS
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
The oval shaped mould with a cross in high relief, decorated with beading and circles
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high

来源

Private collection, Germany; acquired in the 1990s.

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This mould was likely used in the manufacture of either sheet gold or silver crosses. For a gold cross in repoussé made by such a mould cf. Papanikola-Bakirtzi ed., Byzantine Hours, Works and Days in Byzantium: Everyday Life in Byzantium, Athens, 2002, no. 511. Cf. L. Wamser ed. Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas östliches Erbe, Munich, 2004, no. 509, for a similar mould.