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LOT 1476
Gilt Reliquary Pendant
17TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (34.76 grams, 56 mm).
A gilt copper-alloy reliquary pendant of oval form, front face portraying the lamb with cross and flag symbolising Christ crucified, the relic visible between the openwork, solid reverse plate depicting the Virgin and Child seated beneath an arch; openwork flourishes to the frame circumference; integral suspension loop.
Provenance
Acquired early 2000s.
Property of a Birmingham, UK, collector.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. The V&A Museum, accession number 4055-1856, for a comparable example.
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