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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Walrus ivory

Height: 102 mm

Seated Virgin and Child; saint Dorothy or saint Elizabeth holding a basket with fruits and a stem of flowers; saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel and sword; architecture; crown; angels; angels holding censers.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round

Object Condition
Missing: Virgin's head.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 11 December 1980, lot 30.

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