BZ.1924.5, Paten with the Communion of the Apostles

Byzantine Collection, Dumbarton Oaks Museum

Early Byzantine, ca. 565–578

Silver, gilding, and niello, 35 cm x 35 cm x 3.18 cm (13 3/4 in. x 13 3/4 in. x 1 1/4 in.)

The Blisses purchased the object from the Parisian dealer Georges Demotte in 1924.

Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, Third to Seventh Century (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979), 611–12, no. 547, color pl. 16.

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