An Italian Ormolu-Mounted Pietra Dura and Ebonised Reliquary, Together

The reliquary of tabernacle form, surmounted by a pediment flanked by two ormolu cherubs; the centre inset with a painting of the Virgin and Child with Saint John, set within a frame, the corners mounted with putti, flanked by two onyx columns, all above an ormolu-mounted base, the angles with lions; the cabinet and reliquary including various hardstones, such as alabaster, amethyst and lapis lazuli; containing eleven relics, each of which is indistinctly inscribed with a paper label

Estimate:£50,000

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