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Relief (fragment of an altarpiece or triptych; appliqué) (Front)

Relief (fragment of an altarpiece or triptych; appliqué) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Secular.

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London, Victoria and Albert Museum

A.91-1929

Ivory

Height: 88 mm
Width: 40 mm
Depth: 13 mm

Standing men (possibly Christ among the Doctors?).

Williamson and Davies 2014: Northern Italian, c. 1375-1400.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: red (lower part of the robe of the central figure).

Reverse
Curved and smooth. Label with inscription: '14/2' (Warren sale number).

Object Condition
Lower right and upper left corners damaged.

Provenance
Collection of E. P. Warren: his sale, Sotheby's, London, 31 May 1929, lot 14; purchased by the Museum at this sale.

Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 182.

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