Base for a Cross, 11th century, Made in Constantinople or Asia Minor ?, Byzantine, Copper alloy, cast, filed, reamed, and scraped, Overall: 5 x 1 15/16 x 2 1/16 in. (12.7 x 4.9 x 5.2 cm); Top (Diameter-Top exterior): 1 1/16in. (2.7cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, This miniature building is a base to support a portable cross. Its equal-armed cross shape and dome reproduce in miniature the church design most popular during the Middle Byzantine centuries.
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Base, Cross, 11th century, Constantinople, Asia Minor ?, Byzantine, Copper alloy, cast, filed, reamed, scraped, Overall, 5 x 1 15/16 2 1/16, 12.7 4.9 5.2 cm, Top, Diameter-Top exterior, 1 1/16in, 2.7cm, Metalwork-Copper, miniature, building, base, support, portable cross, equal-armed, shape, dome reproduce, church design, popular, Middle Byzantine, centuries
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