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Byzantine bronze votive plaque of St. George holding a cross BYZANTINE BRONZE VOTIVE PLAQUE OF ST. GEORGE HOLDING A CROSS

And apparently levitating above a horned altar, all in from of a wall with four tomb niches, the lower pair with incised palmettes above. The architectural elements outlined in either tin or silver.

10th-12th Century AD

H. 4 1/4 in. (11 cm.); w. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.)

Ex German private collection.

Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, 2009, no. 160.

GMS070
$3,500


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