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Object Type
Museum number: 1875,0617.1
Description: Panel; ivory; carved; depiction of Tree of Jesse; tree rises from reclining figure of Jesse at bottom; twelve figures holding sceptres sit on branches; Virgin and Child at top; twisted border; cross-hatched background.
Production date: 16thC
Production place: Made in: France
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: France
Materials
Technique: carved; incised
Dimensions: Height: 174 millimetres; Weight: 239.40 grammes; Width: 120 millimetres; Depth: 11 millimetres
Curator's comments: Conmpare Sri Lankan panel 1889,0311.1. This too may well be Sri Lankan or Indian?
Bibliographic references: Dalton 1909 / Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era with Examples of Mohammedan Art and Carvings in Bone in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum (327); Koechlin 1924 / Les Ivoires Gothiques Français (973)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: tree/bush; virgin and child
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: Virgin Mary; Representation of: Jesse
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1875
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1875,0617.1

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