Hanging Lamp with a Hand Holding a Cross, made 500–700, restored and possibly reconfigured 1900s, Byzantine, Copper alloy, Overall: 13 3/4 x 16 1/4 in. (35 x 41.3 cm), Metalwork-Bronze, The flowerlike terminals of the lamp arms held glass vessels full of oil. The hand was probably an offering for a cure as suggested by the large Greek inscription on the cross, “Christ help [me],” and by the inclusion of healing saints
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Hanging Lamp, Hand Holding, Cross, 500–700, restored, reconfigured 1900s, Byzantine, Copper alloy, Overall, 13 3/4 x 16 1/4, 35 41.3 cm, Metalwork-Bronze, flowerlike, terminals, lamp arms, held, glass, vessels, full, oil, hand, offering, cure, suggested, large Greek, inscription, cross, Christ help, me, inclusion, healing saints
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