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The Virgin stands holding the Child in her left arm while he leans forward to touch her neck and hand. Both are crowned with high ivory crowns. The statuette rests on a base of ivory and wood veneered with alabaster, supported on clouds of mother of pearl; below is a large pedestal of similar materials.\r\n\r\nThis statuette is copied from a well-known fourteenth century statue of the Virgin and Child in the Church of the Madonna at Trapani in Sicily, a statue attributed to Nino Pisano, made for the Carmelite Order. Devotion of the Trapani Madonna, led to numerous later copies and reduced replicas, of which this is one. ","physicalDescription":"Carved ivory statuette depicting the Virgin and Child. The Virgin stands holding the Child in her left arm, while he leans forward to touch her neck and hand. Both are crowned with high ivory crowns, pierced in decorative designs at the front, though plain at the back, implying the piece was only to be viewed from the front. The statuette rests on a base of ivory and wood veneered with alabaster, supported on clouds of mother of pearl; below is a large pedestal of similar materials. 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