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LOT 1136
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Plate
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (19.9 grams, 70 mm).
Plate from an enkolpion with a low relief nimbate figure in orans pose. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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