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Collection Item: Sculpture
Basic info
- Collection
- Archaeology
- Object name
- Sculpture
- Object category
- Medieval
- Description
- Incomplete sculptural fragment of the Virgin and Child. Torso section only. She is holding the baby Jesus in her left hand, he is holding a dove. Both are missing their heads, but the stone has weathered suggesting damage prior to exposure or deposition. There is medium-relief drapery around the whole piece. Traces of original paint survive within the folds of the drapery.
- Production date start
- 1066
- Production date end
- 1540
- Period
- Medieval
Identification
- Object number
- YORYM : 2011.325
- Number of objects
- 1
- ID
- 16068
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Stone (Whole)
- Dimensions
- Whole length 33.0 cm
- Whole width 31.0 cm
Find spot
- Method
- Casual find
- Place
- York
- Context
- Opposite St. Mary's Abbey
