Description

Radius or Ulna of St.Gereon. According to the medieval legend the name patron of St. Gereon was a Roman officer, who died along with 318 legionaires for his faith.

Exquisitly hand carve

Cologne

Late 18th Century

Verso stamped with a sealed wax of the Order of the Jesuits 

Carved wood, Bone, silvered thread, beads, wax, textiles

 

Purchased by Artemisia at Obelisk, Attard Auction 2 June 2018

bavaria

cost :

3,200.00

gilt ganutel coming from a Maltese noble family, once adorning their private chapel adorned with semiprecious stones and silver thread

enclosed in glass, wood and wax seals

 

illnesses of the arm, ritual

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An Exquisite Bavarian Reliquary containing the forearm of St. Gereon

7,000.00 excl. VAT

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