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Statuette (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

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Aachen, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum

KK 852

Ivory

Height: 148mm
Width: 32mm
Depth: 34mm

Unidentified female saint holding an open book.

Museum's opinion 2012: Netherlandish, 2nd half of the 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round but lower relief on the back.

Object Condition
Missing: right forearm and parts of the cloak.
Pierced by two holes in the back of the right shoulder; hole in the underside of the base.

Provenance
Acquired in 1924.

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