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581

Crucifix

Estimate €80–150

Description

In yellow metal.

Format based on the Cross of Caravaca.

Relief decoration with Our Lady of the Conception surrounded by ornaments and animals.

Spain, 18th century.

(losses and defects)

Notes

Caravaca cross venerated at the Sanctuary of the Vera Cruz in Caravaca de la Cruz. A reliquary containing fragments of the wood of the cross of Christ.

The relationship between what we see and what we know is never complete. The way we see things is influenced by what we know, or by what we believe.
John Berger

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