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Relief (fragment; appliqué) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

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Orléans, Musée historique et archéologique de l'Orléanais

A.6436

Ivory

Height: 66mm
Width: 40mm
Depth: 8mm

Trinity; God the Father holding Christ on the cross; Gnadenstuhl (Throne of Mercy); dove of the Holy Spirit issuing from the mouth of God the Father; bench; crown.

Museum's opinion 2012: England, end of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat, with some scoring and traces of glue.

Object Condition
Missing: arms of the cross, arms of Christ and right hand of God (later replacements).

Comments
Crosshatching on the bottom.

Provenance
Guillon collection: his bequest to the museum in 1909.

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