Book Cover (?) with Ivory Figures, before 1085, Made in Constantinople, Spanish, Silver-gilt with pseudo-filigree, glass & stone cabochons, cloisonné enamel, Ivory with traces of gilding on pine support, Overall: 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (26.1 x 19 x 3.1 cm), Ivories-Bone, Byzantine ivories were highly prized in western Europe, where they survived in church treasuries or were incorporated into deluxe book bindings. The ivory from the panel on the left originally formed the center of a Byzantine three-paneled icon
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Book Cover, Ivory Figures, 1085, Constantinople, Spanish, Silver-gilt, pseudo-filigree, glass & stone cabochons, cloisonné enamel, Ivory, traces, gilding, pine support, Overall, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 1 1/4, 26.1 19 3.1 cm, Ivories-Bone, Byzantine ivories, highly prized, western Europe, survived, church treasuries, incorporated, deluxe book, bindings, ivory, panel, left originally, formed, center, three-paneled, icon
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