Gold reliquary

Byzantine

British Museum

1100 - 1200

Portable reliquary inlaid with cloisonne enamel. On the front is a portrait of St. George and St Demetrius is on the reverse, surrounded by relics in compartments; it opens to reveal a figure embossed in gold. Subsequently discovered to be a fake.

• Medium: gold
• Art Fund Grant: £700 ( Total: £1,200)
• ArtFunded in: 1926
• Vendor: Messrs Durlacher

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