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Heart-shaped pendant, 2 faces (Side)

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Subject
Religious. Old Testament.

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La Spezia, Museo Civico Amedeo Lia

A56

Ivory

Height: 42mm
Width: 35mm
Depth: 26mm (max)

Side 1: Original Sin; Adam and Eve; snake; Tree of Knowledge.
Side 2: Adam and Eve reproved by God; expulsion from Paradise; Tree of Knowledge.

Giusti 1999: French or German (?), end of 16th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Comments
Two small circular recesses inside with the incised initials 'F. N.'

Provenance
Acquired on the art market, Lucca.

Bibliography
P. Giusti in Museo Civico Amedeo Lia: Sculture e oggetti d'arte (I cataloghi del Museo Civico Amedeo Lia), ed. by M. Ratti and A. Marmori (La Spezia, 1999), no. 2.49.

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