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LOT 1451
Sodalite Bead Necklace
20TH CENTURY A.D.
17 in. (85 grams total, 43 cm long).
Composed of graduated coin-shaped beads, with hook-and-eye clasp. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Large Egyptian Style Stone Figure
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
A substantial decorative figurine of a seated male wearing a nemes headcloth and shendyt knee-length kilt; the figure sitting cross-legged with hand resting on a rectangular panel, possibly a papyrus sheet; low rectangular base; after the antique. 62.5 kg, 63 cm
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Byzantine Style Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Hinged suspension loop, two recessed halves hollow to the reverse, low-relief figure in orans pose to the obverse, geometric ornament to the reverse. 126 grams, 10.5 cm
Acquired 1980-1990s. From the private collection of H.N., Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.
Usually the reliquary crosses or enkolpia, were composed of two separate halves, inside of which a relic of a saint was contained; this could have been a piece of cloth or a bone. The practice, in the Orthodox Church, is still in place today, sometimes by using reproductions of ancient styles, like our specimen, probably realised at the beginning of the last century.
