Plaque with Enthroned Virgin and Child, 850–875, Made in northern France, Carolingian, Ivory, Overall: 5 11/16 x 3 7/16 x 1/4 in. (14.5 x 8.8 x 0.6 cm), Ivories, This carving showing the Virgin and the Infant Jesus reuses an ivory plaque that might have once served as a furniture mount. The plaque, originally carved in Egypt one hundred years earlier, depicts on its back a tree flanked by birds
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Plaque, Enthroned Virgin, Child, 850–875, northern France, Carolingian, Ivory, Overall, 5 11/16 x 3 7/16 1/4, 14.5 8.8 0.6 cm, Ivories, carving, showing, Virgin, Infant Jesus, reuses, ivory plaque, might, served, furniture mount, plaque, originally carved, Egypt, hundred years, earlier, depicts, back, tree flanked, birds
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