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Are you interested in this item? This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. Pair of monstrances for reliquaries, early 20th century, in gilt bronze. Used, they lack the front glass and are closed behind by a metal lid. The foot and the stem are simple lying rich is the decoration of the upper part where 2 saints are represented on the sides of the case is at the top two eagles, symbol of Christ, of which they represent the Ascension and the Royalty. Finally, the Psalms make it a symbol of spiritual regeneration, like the phoenix. The two eagles are supported by the host of a small cross placed on top. Each reliquary is 33 cm high, has a width at its maximum point of 12 cm and a base diameter of 10 cm. The indicated weight of 1100 grams refers to both. One reliquary weighs about 550 g while the other about 548 g. 67546637
