Medallion with Saint George from an Icon Frame, ca. 1100, Made in Constantinople, Byzantine, Gold, silver, and enamel worked in cloisonné, Diam: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Enamels-Cloisonné, These nine medallions are from a group of twelve that once surrounded an icon of the archangel Gabriel. The medallions may have been sent as a gift from the Byzantine court to the neighboring Christian state of Georgia
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Medallion, Saint George, Icon Frame, ca, 1100, Constantinople, Byzantine, Gold, silver, enamel worked, cloisonné, Diam, 3 1/4, 8.3 cm, Enamels-Cloisonné, nine, medallions, group, twelve, surrounded, icon, archangel Gabriel, gift, Byzantine court, neighboring Christian, state, Georgia
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