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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.31.5.1300
Title
Seal of Nikephoros Batatzes, magistros, vestes, and doux of all the West (XI c.)
Classification
Seals
Work Type
seal
Date
XI c.
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Eastern Europe
Period
Byzantine period
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/73200

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lead
Metal
Pb
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
15.21 g

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DOSeals 1, 1.21 (b)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.31.5.1300
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John A. Cotsonis, The Religious Figural Imagery of Byzantine Lead Seals II: Studies on Images of the Saints and on Personal Piety, Routledge (Abington, Oxon, 2020), pp. xii, 125-126, fig. 3.14

Verification Level

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