Reliquary ca. 1500 Hungarian The small size of this reliquary suggests that it was made for a wealthy private owner so that, in his private devotions, he could view a relic of his patron saint through the crystal. The rich surface decoration is similar to that of other objects known to have been made in Hungary in the early 16th Reliquary. Hungarian. ca. 1500. Silver gilt, rock crystal, and pearl. Metalwork-Silver

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