A Byzantine Gold Star Pendant, Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 6th–8th century CE Tools & Weapons elongated ears

elongated ears

serving as a cosmographic map for the soul’s orientation and passage

The small jug features elegant spiral motifs and bold linear decorations in a reddish-brown pigment against a black-painted background

but it also comes with a distinguished exhibition history

The women began their journey at Mina Mina where ‘karlangu’ (digging sticks) emerged from the ground

A Byzantine Gold Star Pendant, Eastern Mediterranean, ca. 6th–8th century CE Tools & Weapons elongated earsAn 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