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Statuette (Front)

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Silver (crown);ivory

Height: 150mm

Seated Virgin and Child (Virgo Lactans); Christ seated on the Virgin's right knee; Christ in long robe; Christ holding a fruit (?) in his right hand; bench; belt.

Koechlin Number: 0640

Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd third of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Christ's left arm is broken. The Virgin's face is very worn.

Provenance
Collection of Georges Hoentschel (b. 1855, d. 1915), Paris: sale, Drouot, Paris, 14-15 April 1910, lot 15 (purchased by Goldschmidt).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 239; II, no. 640.

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