Plaque with the Descent from the Cross, ca. 1320–40, Made in probably Paris, France, French, Ivory, whale bone, traces of paint and gilding, Overall: 9 1/8 x 7 3/16 x 13/16 in. (23.2 x 18.3 x 2.1 cm), Ivories, The ivory figures are mounted on a sheet of whalebone. This plaque is part of a series of Passion carvings that are now dispersed among Antwerp, Oslo, Paris, London, and New York. The entire sequence was probably once set in an architectural frame, forming an altar frontal
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Plaque, Descent, Cross, ca, 1320–40, Paris, France, French, Ivory, whale bone, traces, paint, gilding, Overall, 9 1/8 x 7 3/16 13/16, 23.2 18.3 2.1 cm, Ivories, ivory, figures, mounted, sheet, whalebone, plaque, part, series, Passion carvings, now dispersed, Antwerp, Oslo, London, New York, entire sequence, set, architectural frame, forming, altar frontal
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