Gothic Ivories Project | Statuette (Front)

Statuette (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 235mm

Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; Christ in long robe; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; Christ making a blessing gesture with his right hand; Virgin holding a flower in her right hand.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Surface very damaged. Crown chipped.
Missing: fingers on Christ's right hand.

Comments
Drilled holes for the pupils.

Provenance
Demotte collection, early 20th century. Collection of Joseph Brummer, New York. Thomas Flannery collection, Winnetka, Illinois: sale, Sotheby's, London, 1-2 December 1983, lot 51. Galerie Bresset, Paris, in December 1989. Christie's, Paris, 21 June 2006, lot 200.

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