Beautiful Louis XIV Period Reliquary, Marbled Paper Box, Monastic Work.

This is how reliquaries were delivered by convents, simply protected by a cardboard box before being framed in silver or displayed in showcase by their sponsors.
Flat octagonal shape, cardboard covered with marbled paper, containing a reliquary with a pink silk background enriched by gilded rolled paper, displaying the relics of 12 saints with their handwritten names around a central rosette,
St Anselm, Erasmus, Fortunat, Isidore, Cigoulens, Magnus, etc.
Religious art, France,circa 1700.
Exterior a little soiled and worn, paper hinge missing, interior very fresh, nearly complete,
Ecrin: 9cm x 8.5cm x 1.5cm, .
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SIRET: FR 24 430113233Invoice and certificate enclosed with each shipment.