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Byzantine & Sasanian

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  • Platter with Artemis as huntress, Byzantine Empire (Constantinople), reign of Basiliscus (475-476)
    Platter with Artemis as huntress, Byzantine Empire (Constantinople), reign of Basiliscus (475-476)
    Silver
  • Bust of Shapur II (309 - 379), Sasanian Empire, 4th century
    Bust of Shapur II (309 - 379), Sasanian Empire, 4th century
    Bronze
  • Porphyry relief with a paradisiacal landscape, Early Byzantine, 5th century
    Porphyry relief with a paradisiacal landscape, Early Byzantine, 5th century
    Egyptian porphyry
  • Plate with a royal ostrich hunt, Sasanian Empire, 5-6th century (?)
    Plate with a royal ostrich hunt, Sasanian Empire, 5-6th century (?)
    Silver, partly gilded
  • Plate with Aratos and Urania, Byzantine Empire (possibly Syria), late 6th - first half of the 7th century
    Plate with Aratos and Urania, Byzantine Empire (possibly Syria), late 6th - first half of the 7th century
    Silver and niello
  • Enkolpion of Constantinos, proedros, Byzantine Empire (Constantinople), 11th century
    Enkolpion of Constantinos, proedros, Byzantine Empire (Constantinople), 11th century
    Gold, cloisonné and champlevé enamels, lead.
  • Plate with a peacock, Byzantine Empire or Sasanian Empire, or Islamic Iran, 6th - 10th century (?)
    Plate with a peacock, Byzantine Empire or Sasanian Empire, or Islamic Iran, 6th - 10th century (?)
    Silver, partly gilded with niello
  • A group of roundels with saints, Byzantine Empire, late 11th - early 12th century
    A group of roundels with saints, Byzantine Empire, late 11th - early 12th century
    Gold cloisonné and champlevé enamels
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