Letter P with the Legend of Saint Philip, ca. 1500–before 1506, Netherlandish, Boxwood; later (18th century) embroidered silk pouch, Open: 2 13/16 × 3 7/8 × 1/4 in. (7.1 × 9.9 × 0.7 cm), Sculpture-Miniature-Wood, At the dawn of the sixteenth century, artists working with boxwood conceived something entirely new: intricate, tiny carvings, the likes of which had never been seen or imagined before. Among them, this Letter P is one of only three in the form of its first owner’s initial
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Letter P, Legend, Saint Philip, ca, 1500, 1506, Netherlandish, Boxwood, later, 18th century, embroidered silk pouch, Open, 2 13/16, 3 7/8, 1/4, 7.1, 9.9, 0.7 cm, Sculpture-Miniature-Wood, dawn, sixteenth, artists working, boxwood conceived something, entirely, new, intricate, tiny carvings, likes, never, imagined, three, form, first owner, initial
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