Catalogue of the ivory carvings of the Christian era with examples of Mohammedan art and carvings in bone in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum (1909)
British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography, Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945, Read, Charles Hercules, Sir, 1857-1929 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 224
arately made, isbroken off at the shoulder: it must have been held up above the head. The hairhas been gilded, and the eyes and lips coloured. Plate CXXI. Spanish-Mexican, ijth century.H. 6-1 in. Given by A. \V. Franks. Esq., 1SS2. The attitude of this figure suggests that it held the hand of a… … 554 L. 7-S in. Given by A. W. Franks, Esq., 1S82. Three of the fingers are broken. A somewhat similar figure lying on a bed, the property of Lady Dorothy Nevill, was untilrecently exhibited in the India Museum, South Kensington. It has been noticed above (p. 168) that a figure of the infant Christ…
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