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LOT 2020
Byzantine Style Gold and Garnet Cross Pendant
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (6.96 grams, 56 mm).
Cruciform pendant with integral loop and granule below; six cells with a cabochon garnet. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
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