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Panel (fragment of a casket; front), 1 register (coffret) (Front)

Panel (fragment of a casket; front), 1 register (coffret) (Front)
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Front

Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 63mm
Width: 140mm

Annunciation; dove of the Holy Spirit. Visitation; kneeling angel holding the Virgin's cloak.
Crosshatched background.


Attribution
Unknown

Comments
Square uncarved area where the lock was.

Provenance
Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), London and New York; Estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917); gift of J. Pierpont Morgan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1917 (Inv. 17.190.242); de-accessioned; Sotheby's, New York, 10 December 1992, lot 39.


Image

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