Reliquary cross and chain, early 17th century, Spanish, Gold, diamonds, enamel, Overall (with ring): 3 15/16 × 1 13/16 × 3/8 in. (10 × 4.6 × 1 cm), Many jewels were made to combine the form of the cross with the function of containing relics, which in this case were kept in miniscule individual diamond-ringed compartments. The inlaid enamel on the reverse, of elegant, Mannerist design, is purely decorative here but in other similar pieces often depict the instruments of the Passion
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