Banks taking possession of five old artistic works (8)
I believe the answer is:
relievos
'old artistic works' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'banks taking possession of five' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
'five' could be 'v' (Roman numeral) and 'v' is found within the answer.
'banks' could be 'relies' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'relies' is found in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?