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Statuette (reliquary?) (Back)

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Subject
Religious.

Private collection, London (in 2010)

S/n

Walrus ivory

Height: 65mm
Width: 42mm
Depth: 30mm

Seated Virgin and Child; Christ seated on the Virgin's left knee; Christ uncovering the Virgin's breast; Christ in long robe; Virgin trampling a lion under her right foot; Virgin trampling a monster under her left foot.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
The back of the throne is in the shape of the facade of a church (basilica) the portal of which opens onto a cavity.

Object Condition
Missing: head and right hand of the Virgin.

Comments
The cavity at the back may suggest that this piece was a reliquary.

Provenance
Bresset and Ladrière collection. Kohn, Paris, 4 August 2010, lot 188; Private collection, London: bought from Sam Fogg, London in 2010.

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