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LOT 0954

Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Plate

10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

1 5/8 in. (7.34 grams, 42 mm).

With a low-relief figure in orans pose, a fish flanking each hand; hinge-knuckles to both ends. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 0954

Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Plate

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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