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LOT 0379
Post Byzantine Silver Cross with Saints
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (119 grams, 15.1 cm).
Ornate head from a processional cross formed as a flat-section cross pommee with evangelist symbols in the large roundels, low-relief image of Mary Theotokos and infant Jesus.
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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LOT 0379
Post Byzantine Silver Cross with Saints
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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