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LOT 1146
Byzantine Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (15.3 grams, 67 mm).
Hollow-formed cross pendant with filigree decoration to both faces, five circular cells to obverse, two with nacre inlays.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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