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Prague, Museum of Decorative Arts

Inv. DE 11687

Ivory

Height: 195mm
Weight: 349.1g

Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; Virgin holding a stem of flowers (fragmentary) in her right hand; Child pulling the Virgin's veil.

Museum's opinion 2013: Paris, c. 1320-1340.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: Christ's left hand; part of the stem of flowers.
The front modelling has been damaged by the exposure to the elements from mid 19th-mid 20th century as it was placed in a recess of a building façade.
Numerous holes in the back.

Provenance
Private Czech collection from the early 19th century. Acquired by the museum in 2012.

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