January Antiques & Decorative Arts
Lot 28: A Collection of Ethiopian Coptic Silver Cross Pendants.
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A Collection of Ethiopian Coptic Silver Cross Pendants.
A group of Ethiopian Coptic cross pendants, each cast in silver and displaying a variety of traditional cross forms associated with Ethiopian Christian devotional jewellery. The collection includes openwork and solid crosses of differing proportions, with designs ranging from simple Latin-inspired forms to more complex geometric and lattice-patterned examples characteristic of Ethiopian Coptic metalwork.
82g
L: Approximately 4.1-9.4cm
Provenance: Part of a private gentleman’s collection, based in W London.
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