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Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
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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.

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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LOT 0935

Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £140

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