Gothic Ivories Project | Statuette (Front)

Statuette (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 195 mm

Standing apostle holding an open book.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Several superficial cracks.
Missing: part of the object the figure is holding in his left hand.
The base is made of a different piece of ivory.

Provenance
Sotheby's, 10 December 1992, lot 296.

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