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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Milan, Castello Sforzesco, Civiche Raccolte d'Arte Applicata

Avori 71

Ivory

Height: 80mm
Width: 54mm
Depth: 24mm

Seated Virgin and Child (Virgo lactans); Christ lying in the Virgin's lap.

Zastrow 1978: Italy.
Museum's opinion 2009: Italy (Tuscany?), 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
Mora family collection; acquired by the Museum in Milan in 1908.

Bibliography
O. Zastrow, Museo d'arti applicate: gli avori (Milan, 1978), no. 47, pl. 150-151.

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