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Religious.

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Paris, Musée de Cluny-Musée national du Moyen Âge

Cl. 2866

Ivory

Height: 210mm

Standing Virgin and Child; Christ in long robe; Christ seated on left arm; Child pulling the front of the Virgin's veil.

Museum's opinion 2010: France, 4th quarter of 14th.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: right hand and face of the Virgin, upper part of the Virgin's head; left hand and head of Christ.Very damaged and cracked.

Provenance
Bought in 1859 from Mrs. Desplaces.

Bibliography
E. Du Sommerard, Catalogue et description des antiquités et objets d'art exposés au musée de Cluny (Paris, 1883), no. 1119.

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