Reliquary Crucifix, ca. 1125–75, Made in Spain, North Spanish, Cross-silver, silver-gilt, niello; Corpus-Ivory, gilding, Overall: 10 1/2 x 7 1/16 x 15/16 in. (26.7 x 18 x 2.4 cm), Two cavities in Christ’s back originally held relics. The exquisite niello decoration, a black inlay containing sulfides of silver, copper, and lead, relate the cross to other goldsmiths’ work made in northern Spain
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Reliquary Crucifix, ca, 1125–75, Spain, North Spanish, Cross-silver, silver-gilt, niello, Corpus-Ivory, gilding, Overall, 10 1/2 x 7 1/16 15/16, 26.7 18 2.4 cm, Two cavities, Christ, back, originally, held, relics, exquisite niello, decoration, black inlay, containing, sulfides, silver, copper, lead, relate, cross, goldsmiths, work, northern Spain
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