Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
$350.00
Rectangular fragmentary plaque. Carved with palmettes enclosed in double concentric circles which are interspaced with leaves against a background of cross-hatched lines. This pattern was the most commonly used on caskets of the Byzantine period.
L. 2.4″ (6 cm), H. 1.2″ (3.1cm).
For close example, see: Davidson G.R. Corinth, vol XII, The Minor Objects. Princeton, 1952, p.135, #949; Goldschmidt and Weitzmann. Byzantinische Elfenbeinskulpturen des X.-XIII. Jahrhunders, I, pls. III ff; Longhurst. Carving in Ivory, Victoria and Albert Museum, I, pp. 35-37, pls. XII-XIV.