A BYZANTINE GOLD CROSS
circa 6th century a.d.
Solid cast, with a circular collar at the center set with a cabochon garnet, the tapering cylindrical arms flaring at each end, a simple suspension loop above
1 in. (44.4 cm.) high
拍品专文
For a similar cross in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts see no. 38, p. 112 in Gonosov and Kondoleon, Art of Late Rome and Byzantium.