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LOT 1327
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Plate
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (23 grams, 77 mm).
An enkolpion plate with hinge-loops, raised robed figure at the centre in orans pose. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market from the 1990s.
From the private collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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