Unknown German
Reliquary

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Reliquary
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CultureGerman
Titles
  • Reliquary
Datec. 1600–1620
Probable placeAugsburg, Germany
Probable placeMunich, Germany
MediumEbonized wood, gilt bronze, semi-precious stones, and silver
Dimensions24 3/8 × 10 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (61.9 × 27.3 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mary Alice Wilson
Object number74.249.2
Non exposé

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Provenance[Heim Gallery, Ltd., London]; purchased by MFAH, 1974.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Scratched into wood, center: 5A
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, center: i Metallo dorato

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