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La Spezia, Museo Civico Amedeo Lia

A44

Ivory

Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body), with Holy Women; onlookers; ointment pot; shroud.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Giusti 1999: France (Paris), mid 14th century.


Hinges
Trace of one missing hinge on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Longer edges slightly chamfered.
Various labels with inscriptions: '83', 'Coll. Ernest Brummer'.

Object Condition
Missing: upper right corner.
Outer edge chipped. Deep cracks.

Comments
This fragment originally was the upper register of the right wing of a diptych.

Provenance
Collection of Ernest Brummer: his sale, Galerie Koller and Spink and Son, Zürich, 16-19 October 1979, lot 83.

Bibliography
P. Giusti in Museo Civico Amedeo Lia: Sculture e oggetti d'arte (I cataloghi del Museo Civico Amedeo Lia), ed. by M. Ratti and A. Marmori (La Spezia, 1999), no. 2.22.


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© Fototeca del Museo Civico Amedeo Lia, La Spezia.

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