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Subject
Religious.

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Saint Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum

Inv. F 1978

Ivory

Height: 110 mm
Width: 31 mm
Depth: 12 mm

Unidentified female saint (possibly saint Agatha?)

Kryzhanovskaya 2014: Italy (?), 1st half of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Uncarved and uneven.

Object Condition
A hole drilled in the centre.
Worn. Discolouration.

Provenance
Collection of Mikhail Petrovich Botkin (b. 1839, d. 1914), Petrograd (Saint Petersburg); transferred to the Hermitage in 1920.

Bibliography
M. Kryzhanovskaya, Western European Medieval Ivories. Catalogue of the Collection (Зaпaднoeврoпeйскaя рeзнaя кoстъ Срeдних вeкoв. Кataлoг кoллeкции), (Saint Peterburg, 2014), no. 153.

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