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Relief (appliqué) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Private collection, London (in 2010)

S/n

Ivory

Height: 125mm
Width: 74mm
Depth: 10mm

Deposition with the Virgin holding Christ's hand; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of polychromy and gilding.

Reverse
Curved. Crosshatching in the lower part.

Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the cross.
Hole in the upper part.

Provenance
Collection of Danny Katz. Christie's, London, 2 July 1996, lot 125. Private collection, London (in 2010)(bought from Sam Fogg, 13 February 2003).

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