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Relief (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;silver;steel (blade);enamel

Height: 363mm

Seated Virgin and Child; Virgin holding a book in her right hand; Christ playing with veil of his mother; Christ in long robe; Christ standing on the Virgin's left knee; crown.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of painting and gilding especially along the hems.

Provenance
Mortimer Schiff collection: sold, Paris, 13 March 1905, lot 268.

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