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LOT 1064
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (17 grams, 67 mm).
Enkolpion with hinged suspension loop, obverse with facing Corpus Christi; reverse with robed and nimbate figure in orans pose.
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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