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Statuette or relief (appliqué) (Back)

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire

16938

Ivory

Height: 95mm

Standing unidentified figure (angel or apostle?).

Museum's opinion 2011: 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

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

Object Condition
Missing: left hand; lower part of the piece.

Provenance
Acquired in 1939, gift of Mrs G. Hentsch.

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