Tip of a Pointer, 1080–1150, Made in Constantinople, Byzantine, Cloisonné enamel, gold, Overall: 1 x 1/2 in. (2.5 x 1.3 cm), Enamels-Cloisonné, This delicately wrought and finely detailed tip of a pointer, or, less likely, a scepter, is one of the outstanding examples of cloisonné enameling produced during the Middle Byzantine era. Intimate in scale, it is entirely covered in elaborate foliate and geometric designs predominately worked in white, red, and translucent blue enamels
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Tip, Pointer, 1080–1150, Constantinople, Byzantine, Cloisonné enamel, gold, Overall, 1 x 1/2, 2.5 1.3 cm, Enamels-Cloisonné, delicately, wrought, finely detailed, tip, pointer, less, scepter, outstanding examples, cloisonné enameling, produced, Middle Byzantine, era, Intimate, scale, entirely covered, elaborate foliate, geometric designs, predominately, worked, white, red, translucent blue, enamels
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