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Mirror frame (Front)

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Bologna, Museo Civico Medievale

Inv. 701

Bone;silver (mirror);wood

Height: 215mm
Width: 174mm

Carved inscription: 'NOS/CVM/PROLE/PIA/BENEDICAT/VIRGO/MARIA'.
Foliated decoration; flowers; roped border.

Bologna 1959: 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: Italy, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Provenance
Collezioni Universitarie (no. 357): acquired by the Museo Civico in 1881.

Bibliography
P. Ducati, Guida del Museo Civico di Bologna (Bologna, 1923), p. 185.
Lavori in osso e avorio dalla Preistoria al Rococò, dir. by R. Pincelli, exhibition catalogue, Bologna, Museo Civico, 20 September-11 October 1959, no. 99, pl. 17.

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