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In the majority of English alabaster panels depicting the Ascension, the lower part only of Christ is represented at top of the panel.","physicalDescription":"The panel has chamfered edges, indicating a 14th-century date. The lower part of the body of Christ ascends into a stylized cloud from a small platform set on a mound in the centre of the panel. His feet are visible, carved on the folds of his gown. The bareheaded figure of the Virgin Mary, hands together in prayer, kneels looking up at Christ, facing the beardless figure of St. John the Evangelist, who holds the palm pointing downwards in his left hand. The figures of the ten other apostles, all bearded, but who, unusually, do not carry emblems, are represented grouped kneeling round the mound, looking upwards; those in the front of the panel rest a hand on the back of the figure in front.\r\n\r\nA diagonal break runs from the left of the representation of heaven through the mound on the right of the panel where it subdivides. The top right and bottom left corners of the panel are chipped. A little green paint and the usual daisy pattern remain faintly on the ground at the bottom of the panel. Slight traces of green and red paint and gilding remain on the panel. 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