A Byzantine Gold Star Pendant, Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 6th–8th century CE Tools & Weapons assembled in the 1970s -

assembled in the 1970s - 2000s

Dimensions: Diameter: 7/8 inch (2

and freeing them to think and act in new ways

Medium:  Blue chalcedony

narrow cylindrical neck

A Byzantine Gold Star Pendant, Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 6th–8th century CE Tools & Weapons assembled in the 1970s -An exquisite Byzantine pendant of high karat gold, meticulously fashioned as a six pointed star. The front is ornamented with a raised domed boss encircled by delicate twisted wire filigree. Each arm of the star is further decorated with a single twisted wire circle, the precision of the work underscoring the technical mastery of the Byzantine goldsmith. The reverse is plain and lightly convex, the pendant formed of thin hammered sheet gold and