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Sens, Trésor de la Cathédrale (Cathedral Treasury)

Inv. TC C1 8

Ivory

Height: 78mm
Width: 42mm
Depth: 29mm

Seated Virgin and Child; Virgin holding a bird in her left hand; Christ in long robe; Christ standing on the Virgin's right knee; Christ holding a fruit in his right hand; bench; crown.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.
The underside has some crosshatching.

Object Condition
The head of Christ broke off and was glued back into place.
Worn.

Provenance
Bequest of Mgr Chesnelong (d. 1931) to the Cathedral Treasury in 1931.

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