THREE ETHIOPIAN OPENWORK BRASS COPTIC CROSSES
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTION
Ethiopia, 20th century

Comprising three Christian Coptic openwork processional crucifixes in the shape of crosses patonce, worked in the typical style from the Gondar area, one cross resting on a conical brass finial post, 23.2cm long; and the latter two terminating in a flat square decorative element engraved with ring-punched motif, respectively 27cm and 34cm long.