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LOT 0986
Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant Group
10TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 1 7/8 in. (19.5 grams total, 35-47 mm).
Two cruciform pendants comprising: one a reliquary fragment with nimbate figure; one curved with Corpus Christi. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired since the late 1980s.
Ex property of a European gentleman living in South Africa.
Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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