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Cross with Filigree Decoration


Gold and Pearls
Middle Byzantine
10th – 11th centuries AD
Height: 2 inches (5 cm.)

This elaborate cross with ornate filigree decoration, some in beaded wire, represents the high achievements of Middle Byzantine goldsmiths.

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