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Title:Ivory Panel with Saint Peter
Date:6th–8th century
Culture:Frankish
Medium:Elephant ivory
Dimensions:Overall: 11 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3/16 in. (29.2 x 11.4 x 0.5 cm)
Classification:Ivories-Elephant
Credit Line:Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number:17.190.55
From the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Cranenburg, northern Germany; [ Georges B. Brauer, Paris]; J. Pierpont Morgan (American), London and New York (until 1917)
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