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Statuette (Back)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 101mm

Seated Virgin and Child; Virgin holding a bird in her right hand; Christ in long robe; Christ standing on the Virgin's left knee; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; bench; crown.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: Christ's head.
Crown chipped, especially at the back.

Provenance
Drouot, Paris, 7 June 2013, lot 43. Christie's, Paris, 23 June 2014, lot 5.

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