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Shrine (?) (fragment) (Front, empty)

Shrine (?) (fragment) (Front, empty)
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Subject
Religious.

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Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire

12309

Ivory

Height: 64mm

Standing Virgin and Child.

Museum's opinion 2011: 15th-16th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Comments
Made of at least 3 pieces: 2 interlocking cylinders enclosing a figure of the Virgin and Child. Screw thread underneath indicating that it formed part of a larger object.

Provenance
Acquired in 1926 (ancien fonds).


Image

© Musée d'art et d'histoire, Ville de Genève, inv. 12309. Photo: Bettina Jacot-Descombes.

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