Gothic Ivories Project | Statuette (Front)

Statuette (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

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S/n

Ivory

Height: 150mm

Seated Virgin and Child; Christ standing on the Virgin's left knee; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; Christ pulling the back of the Virgin's veil; bench; crown.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy around the neck.

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Chipped around the base.

Provenance
Boy collection. Collection of Lucien and Helene Mellerio. Drouot, Paris, 30 May 2001, lot 67.

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