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LOT 1110
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Plate
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (20 grams, 63 mm).
Enkolpion panel with hinge knuckles; low-relief robed figure in orans pose. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx C.J.Martin, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
Accompanied by a handwritten ticket.
Cf. Pitarakis, B., Les Croix-Reliquaires Pectorales Byzantines en Bronze, Paris, 2006, item 146, for type.
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