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Reliquary relief (appliqué) (Front)

Reliquary relief (appliqué) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

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Münster, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur (Westfälisches Landesmuseum)

Inv. G 20 LM

Ivory

Height: 127mm
Width: 65 mm
Depth: 16 mm

Seated Virgin and Child; Christ seated on the Virgin's left knee; Christ in long robe; brooch; bench.

Museum's opinion 2013: Rhineland, c. 1370.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy/staining.

Reverse
Flat.
The back of the bench has a compartment, possibly for relics.

Object Condition
Very damaged. Worn.
Missing: right arm of the Virgin; part of the Virgin's left arm; left arm, right hand and head of Christ; piece from centre section of Virgin's robe.
Chipped around the base.

Provenance
Old collection of the region (Altbestand Provinzialverband).


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