Gothic Ivories Project | Panel, 1 register, 2 ogee arches across (plaquette, frise d'arcatures, colonnettes) (Front)

Panel, 1 register, 2 ogee arches across (plaquette, frise d'arcatures, colonnettes) (Front)

Panel, 1 register, 2 ogee arches across (plaquette, frise d'arcatures, colonnettes) (Front)

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La Spezia, Museo Civico Amedeo Lia

A11

Ivory

Height: 88mm
Width: 60mm
Depth: 4mm

Unidentified saint with a bishop's mitre and crozier; unidentified female saint holding a vessel or a broken wheel (saint Catherine of Alexandria?).
Foliated decoration in the gables; tracery; roped border.

Giusti 1999: end of the 19th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Longer edges slightly chamfered.

Provenance
Acquired on the art market, Rome.

Bibliography
P. Giusti in Museo Civico Amedeo Lia: Sculture e oggetti d'arte (I cataloghi del Museo Civico Amedeo Lia), ed. by M. Ratti and A. Marmori (La Spezia, 1999), no. 2.44.

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