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Relief (appliqué) (Side, right)

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Subject
Religious.

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Paris, Musée du Louvre

OA 10005

Ivory

Height: 125mm
Width: 68mm
Depth: 49mm

Seated Virgin and Child; Christ seated on the Virgin's left knee; Christ in long robe; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; Christ making a blessing gesture with his right hand; crown.

Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: French (?), 13th century (?)

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Modern polychromy.

Reverse
Smooth and flat, although the back of the head is carved.

Object Condition
Missing: right arm of the Virgin.
Top of the Virgin's crown worn. Modern hole in bottom for stand.

Provenance
Claudius Côte collection, Lyon; bequest of Mrs. C. Côte, accepted 9 July 1962.

Bibliography
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 96.

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