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Relief (appliqué; fragment) (Front)

Relief (appliqué; fragment) (Front)
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Subject
Secular. Religious.

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Ghent, STAM Gent (formerly Bijlokemuseum)

Inv. 1072

Bone

Height: 50mm
Width: 53mm
Depth: 1mm

Head of youth; hood.
Crosshatched background.

Museum's opinion 2013: 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of red on the surface (later).

Reverse
Slightly curved. Scoring on the back for attachment to another surface.

Object Condition
Hole in the hood and in the forehead of the figure. Hole on the upper edge.

Provenance
Found in 1924 during excavations on the site of the Bijloke Abbey.


Image

© STAM Gent, 2012.

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