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The Hermitage possesses the world's best collection
of Byzantine silverware dating from the 4th to 12th century. Unique
items come from a hoard discovered in the settlement of Malaya Pereshchepina
in Poltava Region at the start of the 20th century. The Eucharistic
dish decorated with the monogram of Christ was made for Bishop Paternus
in Constantinople. The Hermitage presents a superb collection of carved
ivory articles: diptychs, caskets and pyxes. Among the finest is a
diptych with depictions of circus scenes. |
