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LOT 2031
Post Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant Collection
17TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 2 in. (56 grams total, 25-51 mm).
Cruciform and other pendants with low-relief text to one or both faces. [18, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
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