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Basel, Historisches Museum Basel

1891.125.

Ivory;lead (later crown)

Height: 133.5mm (without crown)
Width: 46mm
Depth: 22mm
Weight: 104.3g (with crown); 100.9g (without crown)

Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; Christ in long robe.

Museum's opinion 2010: 16th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: right forearm of the Virgin; both forearms of Christ.

Comments
Modern lead crown, fixed with metal pin.

Provenance
Purchased by the Museum for 55 Swiss Francs from Alb. Sattler in Basel in 1891.


Image

© Historisches Museum Basel. Photograph Ph. Emmel.

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