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Reliquary of the Tooth of Mary Magdalene

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

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Culture: Tuscan
Date: verre églomisé: 14th century, goldsmith's work: 15th century
Material:Silver gilt, copper gilt, niello, verre églomisé, rock crystal
Dimensions:55.9 × 23.8 × 20.2 cm
Inscribed: In niello on a silver plaquette above the rock crystal: d(e).s(anta).m(a)ri(a)e.madalene
Provenance: J. C. Robinson, London; J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York

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