Plaque with Christ Receiving Magdeburg Cathedral from Emperor Otto I, ca. 962–968, Made in Milan (?), Ottonian, Ivory, Overall: 5 1/8 x 4 7/16 x 5/16in. (13 x 11.3 x 0.8cm), Ivories, One of the most famous ivory carvings to survive from the tenth century, this plaque depicts Christ enthroned against an open worked checkerboard background. He is blessing a model of a church presented to him by Emperor Otto the Great (r
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