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Tabernacle (Back)

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Front

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
www.historiska.se

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Stockholm, Historiska museet (The Swedish History Museum)

Inv. 11900

Walrus ivory

Height: 116mm

Front: saint Anne with the Virgin and Child ('Anna Selbdritt'); saint Anne holding a fruit; naked Christ; throne; canopy.
Back: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; titulus.

Museum's opinion 2013: Norway, mid 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Low relief carving showing a Crucifixion scene.

Provenance
Bought by the Museum in 1903.

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