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Fragment of relief (appliqué) (Front)

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London, Museum of London

Inv. A9644

Bone

Height: 56.8mm
Width: 19.1mm
Depth: 7.7mm

Female figure.

London 1940 and Museum's opinion 2010: 14th or 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round, but folds of garment more schematically rendered on the reverse, and reverse quite flat compared to front.

Provenance
Found on the Thames foreshore at Mortlake, London. Purchased in 1912 for the London Museum (opened to the public in 1914); London Museum merged with the Guildhall Museum in 1976 to form the Museum of London.

Bibliography
Medieval Catalogue, London Museum Catalogues 7 (London, 1940), p. 292, pl. LXXXIX.4.

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