Near East - Byzantine Antiquities

The Byzantine Empire, founded when the capital of the Roman Empire was transferred from Rome to Constantinople in 324, existed in the eastern Mediterranean area until the 15th century. Just as the Byzantine Empire represented the political continuation of the Roman Empire, Byzantine Art developed out of the art of the Roman empire, which was itself influenced by ancient Greek art.

Pair of Late Roman/Byzantine Oil Lamps Choice pair of pottery oil lamps, found in Israel, dating to the late Roman, early byzantine Period - Ca 400 to 600 AD. Each mold-made with large central opening, decorated... $395.00

Byzantine Bronze Processional Cross Huge ancient bronze religious processional cross from the middle Byzantine era, ca. 600 to 800 AD. Two-sided cross with large circular bale, each side carved with the image... $2,450.00

Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross So nice to see an authentic Byzantine cross for a change! So many of these are flooding the market from Bulgaria, but they have never figured how to make a patina like... $695.00 $590.75 Save 15% until 9/3

Of note...

In the early 4th century, the emperor Constantine established a new capital for the Roman Empire. This capital was situated on the site of a Greek colony called Byzantium which laid the foundations for the Byzantine / Eastern Roman empire which stretched from southern Spain in the West to the borders of Sassanian Iran in the East. This diversity of ethnic groups, languages, cults, and creeds was bound together by a Greco-Roman economic, political and cultural matrix.