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La Spezia, Museo Civico Amedeo Lia

A134

Ivory

Height: 57mm
Width: 40mm
Depth: 8mm (max)

Nativity; shepherd alluding to the Annunciation to the Shepherds; sheep.

Giusti 1999: Tuscany, middle of the 3rd quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: gold (along the hems; hair), black (pupils), green (grass).

Reverse
Uneven, with scoring.

Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the piece including the shepherd's head and right hand.

Provenance
Acquired on the art market, Genoa.

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. 2.24.

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