A Byzantine limestone relief
Circa 4th-6th Century A.D.
Of rectangular form, carved in sunken relief with a central cross motif within a circle, set within a diamond, the Greek words for 'light' and 'life' inscribed in vertical columns between the arms of the cross, and again in the bottom left and right corners of the panel, here in an intersecting cruciform pattern sharing the second letter 'Omega', two crosses in the upper left and right corners of the panel, 20in x 34in (50.8cm x 86.4cm), mounted
Circa 4th-6th Century A.D.
Of rectangular form, carved in sunken relief with a central cross motif within a circle, set within a diamond, the Greek words for 'light' and 'life' inscribed in vertical columns between the arms of the cross, and again in the bottom left and right corners of the panel, here in an intersecting cruciform pattern sharing the second letter 'Omega', two crosses in the upper left and right corners of the panel, 20in x 34in (50.8cm x 86.4cm), mounted
Estimate:
£6,000 - 8,000
US$ 9,100 - 12,000
€7,000 - 9,300
US$ 9,100 - 12,000
€7,000 - 9,300
Footnotes
- Provenance:
UK private collection. Acquired by the owner's grandfather, Judge Hasan Tahsin-Sinan Berki circa 1920 in South-Eastern Turkey, thence by descent.
Category: Antiquities
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