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Pectoral reliquary cross

Pectoral reliquary cross (© V&A Picture Library)

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British

V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum)

1000 - 1100

Reliquary cross, carved with foiliate decoration and symbols of the Evangelists. The cross is in fact a small box carved and pierced in low relief to form a case for an inner gold box (lost).

  • Medium: Walrus ivory
  • Art Fund Grant: £5000 ( Total: £40,000)
  • ArtFunded in: 1966
  • Vendor: Sotheby's

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