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Subject
Religious. Saints.

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Fondation Gandur pour l'Art (Switzerland)

FGA-AD-BA-24

Ivory

Height: 107 mm
Width: 35 mm
Depth: 24 mm

Saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); camel hide.

Institution's opinion 2015 (Brigitte Roux): last quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: red (feet).

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Later addition at the back to allow the figure to stand recently removed.

Provenance
Drouot, Paris, 18 March 2011, lot 10: acquired at this sale by the Gandur Foundation.

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