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mid 11th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gold plaque decorated with a dancing girl in cloisonné enamel.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gold with cloisonné enamel
Brief description
Gold plaque decorated with a dancing girl in cloisonné enamel, Byzantine, mid 11th century
Physical description
Gold plaque decorated with a dancing girl in cloisonné enamel.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.6cm
  • Width: 5cm
  • Depth: 0.2cm
Style
Object history
This plaque, now believed to be a fake, is similar to one of the panels of a crown, with the figure of Constantine Monomachos, Emperor of the East (1042-1054), in the National Museum,Budapest.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Campbell, Marian. An Introduction to Medieval Enamels. London: HMSO, 1983. ISBN 0112903851
Collection
Accession number
M.325-1921

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Record createdSeptember 6, 2004
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