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LOT 0935
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (11.5 grams, 49 mm).
Hollow-formed and hinged at the lower edge, with low-relief Corpus Christi to one face, the other with a nimbate figure in orans posture, a bust of an evangelist to each arm.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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