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LOT 0370
Gold Reliquary Cross Pendant
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (10.59 grams, 52 mm).
Hollow-formed cruciform pendant with rounded end to each arm, applied filigree and granulations; obverse with cells enclosing garnet cabochons, central ring of seed pearls surrounding a large garnet cabochon; hinged suspension loop with filigree detailing.
ProvenanceEx DRG Coins and Antiquities, Bishops Stortford, Essex, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
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