Small blessing cross-reliquary, 1749 - Lot 134

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Small blessing cross-reliquary, 1749 - Lot 134
Small blessing cross-reliquary, 1749 Silver cross with three-lobed branches, with an indeterminate relic at its center in a circular niche under glass, adorned with four faceted-cut garnet-colored stones or glass on the branches. On the back a commemorative inscription in Armenian: ՅԻՇԱՏԱԿ Է ՍՈՒՐԲ ՆՇԱՆԸՍ ՅԷ ՅԵՐՈՒՍԱՂԷՄ ԾՆԿԱՑԻ ՄԵԼՔՈՆԻ ՈՐԴԻ ԳՐԻԳՈՐԻՆ Է ՍՈՒՐԲՈՅՆ ԳԵՎՈՐՔԱՅ ԹՎԻՆ ՌՃՂԸ ԻՆ (This Holy Sign is in memory of Grigor, son of Melkon, who knelt in Jerusalem. It belongs (the relic) to Saint George in the year 1749). Silver-plated metal handle. The glass of the reliquary is broken. H: 20 cm.
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