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LOT 0943
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (47.6 grams, 80 cm).
Comprising two hinged plates and articulated suspension loop with hatched decoration; the obverse with Corpus Christi and four busts of the evangelists; the reverse blank flat-section plate, two rivets through the cross.
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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