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Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire

AD 6164

Ivory

Height: 210mm
Width: 55mm
Depth: 42mm

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

Museum's opinion 2011: Paris, 19th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive gilding and polychromy.

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Comments
The base is hollow.

Provenance
Collection of Hélène Sötet; bequest of Louis Sötet, Geneva, 1975.


Image

© Musée d'art et d'histoire, Ville de Genève, inv. no. 6164. Photo: Olivier Zimmermann.

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