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 226

An illustration from 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, leaf 226 — ir is gilded, and the eyes and lips painted as in the previous example. RENAISSANCK AND LATER PERIODS 171 560. TWO PANELS: the Tempta-tion in the Garden of Eden.Adam and Eve stand oneach side of the tree, roundwhich the serpent is coiled.An elephant, a horse, andother animals are groupedabout them.… … 561. PANEL : the tree of Jesse.The tree with twelve kingsuponthc branches issues fromthe side of Jesse: at the top.inamandorlaisthehalf-figurcof the Virgin and Child. See figure. Probably madein Goa, 17th century. H. 6-9 in. Given by A. W.Franks, Esq., 1S89. A good deal of gilding, witha few traces…

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