Figure of Samuel, ca. 1075–1100, Made in Saint-Omer, France, North French, Walrus Ivory, Overall: 4 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 11/16 in. (11.1 x 4.7 x 1.7 cm), Ivories, Inscribed on the reverse “Samuel,” the figure represents one of a series of the twenty-four elders of the Apocalypse, described by Saint John in the Book of Revelation, perhaps from an altar frontal centering on Christ
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Figure, Samuel, ca, 1075–1100, Saint-Omer, France, North French, Walrus Ivory, Overall, 4 3/8 x 1 7/8 11/16, 11.1 4.7 1.7 cm, Ivories, Inscribed, reverse, figure represents, series, twenty-four elders, Apocalypse, described, Saint John, Book, Revelation, perhaps, altar frontal centering, Christ
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