A BYZANTINE MARBLE RELIQUARY

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A BYZANTINE MARBLE RELIQUARY

6TH-8TH CENTURY

Of rectangular form, the ends carved with flared crosses, the sliding lid similarly carved with a cross and the Greek letters E.K.V.S.
4 x 7 5/8 x 4¾in. (10 x 19.5 x 12cm.)

拍品專文

For a discussion of a group of similar reliquaries, see Margaret English Fraser, Medieval Church Treasuries, Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 1985-86, p.41