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Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
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LOT 1068

Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant

12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.

3 5/8 in. (71 grams, 92 mm).

Enkolpion with hinged suspension bar, obverse with tonsured robed figure in orans pose, reverse with quincunx, each disc pierced to accept an inset stone.

Provenance

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 1068

Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £520

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