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THE PROPERTY OF AN EAST COAST PRIVATE COLLECTOR

A BYZANTINE SILVER RELIQUARY CROSS
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
Formed of two halves, hinged at the base and pinned to a suspension loop above, one side engraved with the Virgin Orans and the Infant Christ at center, with feathers on the arms on the cross; the other side with a female saint, her arms raised in oration, wearing an ankle-length robe with incised details, with a lunate halo, incised bands of decoration adorning three arms of the cross
31516 in. (10 cm.) high

PROVENANCE
with Gerard Hirsch, Munich, 1995.
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