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Relief (appliqué) (Detail, front)

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Madrid, Museo Arqueológico Nacional

Inv. 52218

Ivory

Height: 71mm
Width: 40mm
Depth: 5mm

Adoring Magi (part of an Adoration of the Magi).

Museum's opinion 2012: 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy.

Reverse
Smooth. Traces of glue. Label with inscription: '64'. Blue and white label with cancelled inscription '125'.

Object Condition
Missing: right hand of one of the Magi.

Provenance
Acquired by the Museum in May 1874.

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© Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid.
Credit line: Inv. 52218. Photography: Antonio Trigo Arnal. Archivo del Museo Arqueológico Nacional.

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