Lavra reliquary at the V&A exhibition in London

Gilded reliquary from Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra on display at the 'Sacred Treasures from Kyiv' exhibition at the V&A museum, London

Inside a glass case at London's V&A museum, a gilded reliquary from Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra is displayed as one of seven masterpieces shown to the British public for the first time. The reliquary is crowned by a figure of a saint in a radiant halo and decorated with relief scenes, while an information panel beside it bears the heading 'Displaced Heritage'.

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