Reliquary Containing 19 Relics, Including A Relic Of The True Cross - Italy - 19th Century

Reliquary with radiant decoration containing 19 relics, including a relic of the True Cross - late 18th century

Rare oval-shaped devotional reliquary in gilded metal, with suspension system, presenting under glass a particularly careful composition of nineteen relics arranged in a central cross and peripheral crown.

Description

In the low center mounted under a green background a relic of the True Cross (Ex Ligno Crucis), framed by a radiating decoration of gilded wires.

Around, eighteen circular and almond-shaped logettes, on colored red and green backgrounds, contain various relics (bony and contact), each arranged with a care typical of conventual work.

The set is presented on a finely striated textile background, with gilded filigree decoration forming a central radiating cross, characteristic of late 18th-century devout productions.

The reverse is closed by a plate, held in place by crossed silk threads and an intact red ecclesiastical wax seal, guaranteeing the reliquary's ancient integrity.

Condition: good state of preservation; slight wear to glass and internal mounting, consistent with age; seal intact

In accordance with canon law (can. 1190 §1), this sale concerns only the reliquary as an object of sacred art. The relics it contains are not the object of the transaction, but are included graciously for their historical and cultural value.

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