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LOT 1310
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Plate
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (7.50 grams, 42 mm).
The enkolpion with hinge-loops, nimbate figure in orans pose at the centre, flanked by nimbate busts. [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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