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LOT 1868
Medieval Brass Cross with The Trinity and Archangels
ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS, CIRCA 1450 A.D.
16 1/8 in. (958 grams total, 41 cm including stand).
Lozengiform panel attached to a tapering socket; to each face an incised square panel with three nimbate figures, hatched band above, openwork border of crosses and scrolls; wire reinforcements attached to two large lateral loops; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Antiquarium Ltd., New York, USA, 2005.
From a private collection, Suffolk, UK.
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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