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LOT 0924
Post Byzantine Bronze Cross Pendant
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (7.1 grams, 63 mm).
Formed as a wire rod in a cruciform design of four looped arms, with tightly-wound wire forming the panels and external loops; suspension loop and ring. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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