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LOT 1100
Byzantine Bronze and Silver Cross Pendant Group
7TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (9.65 grams total, 22-31 mm).
Comprising three expanding-arm cross pendants with integral suspension loops, two with ring-and-dot decoration, likely representing the five wounds of Christ. [3]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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