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LOT 1335
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Plate
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (7.36 grams, 48 mm).
A plain plate from an enkolpion with hinge-loops at each end. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market from the 1990s.
From the private collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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