Byzantine Treasures

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Gold Leaf-Shaped Pendant.jpg
Leaf-shaped pendant in opus interrasile embossed and chased with a foliate design. Period: Early ...
Censer; Early Byzantine-2.jpg
Censer; Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6thc.-7thc.; Found: Syria. Materials: copper alloy. Dimen...
Double-Sided Pendant Icon with the Virgin and Christ Pantokrator-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Double-Sided Pendant Icon with the Virgin and Christ Pantokrator, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa...
Icon with the Koimesis (2).jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icon with the Koimesis, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: late 900s. Made in probably Constantinop...
The Descent into Limbo.JPG
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Descent into Limbo, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 13th century. Dimensions: Leaf: 20.6 × 14....
Brick with a Dog's Paw Print.JPG
Brick with a Dog’s Paw Print. Period: Middle Byzantine; Findspot: Istanbul. Material: ceram...
Busts of Two Emperors.png
Busts of Two Emperors, Period: Roman, Circa: Late 3rd-early 4th century, Material: Chalcedony on ...
Necklace with Pearls, Sapphires, and Plasma.png
Necklace. Materials: Pearls, Sapphires, Gold, Gems and Plasma. Period: Early Byzantine, circa: ea...
Coptic Textile, Early Byzantine.jpg
Piece of woollen coptic textile, Period: Early Byzantine. circa: 6th century-8th century. Height:...
Fragment of a Large Hanging (1).jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment of a Large Hanging, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th century, Made in: Egypt. Materia...
Three Fragments of a Buckle or Brooch, Late Roman.jpg
Three Fragments of a Buckle or Brooch.  Material: Gold. Period: Late Roman. Found/Acquired: Anato...
Icon with St John the Baptist-1.jpg
Icon with St John the Baptist, Icon painted in egg tempera with gold leaf on a wood panel surface...
Relief with Achilles on Skyros-2.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Relief based on story of Achilles receiving his armor on the island of Skyros. Period: Early Byza...
Icon Christ Pantocrator with Donators.jpg
The State Hermitage Museum
Christ Pantocrator with Donators, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: Circa 1363. Technique: tempera o...
Gold coin of Manuel I Comnenus-2.jpg
Gold coin; Ruler: Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor; circa: 1143-1180; Minted in: Constantinop...
Pair of Earrings with Pearls and Garnets.png
Pair of Earrings, Materials: Gold, Gems, Pearls and Garnets. Period: Early Byzantine, circa: earl...
Reliquary of St. Zacharias.png
Reliquary of St. Zacharias, Period: Early Byzantine,  6th Century, Material: Gold and gems. The m...
cross byzantium.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cross, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1100, Made in Constantinople, Materials: Cloisonne enamel...
Dish of Brown, Middle Byzantine.jpg
Dish of brown, fine-grained clay covered with a white slip. Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: Late...
Saint Luke.JPG
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Saint Luke, Manuscript. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: late 13th century. Place (created): Consta...
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