Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round but lower relief on the back. Printed description (possibly from a sale catalogue) pasted on the back: Inscription: '[Ch]rist. Ivory figure [...]1/2 inches long [...] Said to have been found during excavations on Tower Hill and has certainly the appearance of having been buried for centuries'. Handwritten ink inscription: '61'.

Object Condition
Missing: arms of Christ.
The ivory has taken on a green tinge from having been buried.

Provenance
Said to have been found during excavations on Tower Hill. Bequest of Alice Baird, Geneva, 1926 (via Mr Baird and Mrs van Muyden-Baird, her heirs).

Bibliography
N. Piano, 'La Collection d'ivoires médiévaux du musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève', in Genava LV (2007), pp. 127-157 (p. 150, no. 6).