Gothic Ivories Project | Statuette or relief (appliqué) (Front)

Statuette or relief (appliqué) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 196 mm

Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; Christ in long robe; brooch.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy or gilding along the hems.

Object Condition
Missing: upper part of Christ's body.
The upper part of the Virgin's head has been carved to be fitted into a metal crown.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 9 July 1987, lot 16.

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