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Reliquary

Date:: 15th century
Culture:: Italian
Medium:: Basse taille enamel, silver, copper-gilt, glass
Dimensions:: Overall: 19 1/2 x 6 5/16 x 6 7/16 in. (49.6 x 16 x 16.4 cm)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.190.2110

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Provenance

Guiseppe Signorini ; [ Galerie A. Imbert, Rome (sold 1910)]; J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (1910–1913); Estate of J. Pierpont Morgan(1913–1917)
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