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
cut into twovertical parts, the line of divisionpassing up the stem of the tree. The style of the work in thispanel is oriental, and it must havebeen made by a Hindu underPortuguese influence. The modelwas perhaps an engraving in .1missal reproducing such a typeas that of no. 327. The subjectis… … Z 2 IVORY CARVINGS G. RUSSO-GREEK. 562. CROSS : carved with the twelve feasts of the Church in rectangular compartments,six on each side. On one face are the Annunciation, Presentation (?), Baptism(centre), Raising of Lazarus, Transfiguration, and Death of the Virgin. On the other side, the…
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