Cover of a Reliquary Container with the Virgin and Child on the Crescent Moon

Cover of a Reliquary Container with the Virgin and Child on the Crescent Moon

about 1480

Accession Number

234471

Medium

Mother-of-pearl

Dimensions

Diam.: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)

Classification

ritual objects

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Arthur Logan Sales Proceeds Fund

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