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LOT 0371
Medieval Processional Cross Fragment Group
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 6 3/4 in. (1.6 kg total, 3.6-17 cm).
Group of conserved gilt-bronze and other fragments including the discoid head with radiating openwork florid cross finials and eagle of St. John, ribbed arm beneath; similar fragment with plain attachment shank; angel as the symbol of St. Matthew the Evangelist, left hand supporting a book; fragments of the tubular socket and other items. [11, No Reserve]
Provenance
Believed to be found by Mr Bramble, UK.
Recorded and conserved by Gloucestershire museum and held in a museum conservation box.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11977-210855.
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