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Oval openwork medallion (médaillon ajouré) (Front)

Oval openwork medallion (médaillon ajouré) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

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Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst

Inv. 655 (lost)

Ivory

Height: 37mm
Width: 28mm

Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit.

Vöge 1900: Northern Italy, 14th century.
Volbach 1923: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Dokumentation 2006: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Prior to WWII
Part of the border broken.

Provenance
Radowitz collection; acquired by the Kunstkammer in 1856; undocumented after 7 April 1945.

Bibliography
W. Vöge, Die Königlichen Museen zu Berlin. Beschreibung der Bildwerke der christlichen Epochen. Zweite Auflage. Elfenbeinwerke (Berlin, 1900), no. 144.
W. F. Volbach, Die Bildwerke des Deutschen Museums, Die Elfenbeinbildwerke (Berlin, 1923), p. 39, pl. 44.
.Dokumentation der Verluste. Skulpturensammlung, VII: Skulpturen, Möbel (Berlin, 2006), p. 63.


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