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Panel (possibly fragment of a casket or of a comb) (Front)

Panel (possibly fragment of a casket or of a comb) (Front)
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Front

Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Bone

Height: 35mm
Width: 143mm

God the Father on a throne; sceptre ending in a fleur-de-lys; musician angels; angels blowing trumpets; angel playing the harp; angel playing a string instrument.
Crosshatched background; roped border.


Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Left and lower edges chipped. Numerous holes.

Provenance
Dmitri Schevitch collection, Paris: sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 4-7 April 1906, lot 161. Sotheby's, London, 8 December 1988, lot 29.


Image

© Courtesy of Sotheby’s.

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