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Tabernacle or Folding Shrine

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Tabernacle or Folding Shrine

Date:: 14th century
Culture:: French
Medium:: Ivory with traces of polychromy and metal mounts
Dimensions:: Overall (opened): 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1 in. (14 x 14 x 2.5 cm) closed: 5 1/2 x 2 5/16 x 1 1/4in. (14 x 5.8 x 3.1cm)
Classification:: Ivories
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.190.253

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Georges Hoentschel (French, Paris 1855–1915); J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (until 1917)
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A.D. 1000-1400 (7,084)
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