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Diptych with scenes of the Passion and Afterlife of Christ; ivory; origin: France; Height: 8 inches; width: 6.8 inches; St. Louis Museum of Art, Missouri.

Diptych with scenes of the Passion and Afterlife of Christ; ivory; origin: France; Height: 8 inches; width: 6.8 inches; St. Louis Museum of Art, Missouri.

Nicodemus, Ivory with traces of polychromy and gilding; from Paris, France; ca. 1260; Height: 7.87 inches; Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.

Angel of the Annunciation; ivory with traces of polychomry and gilding; ca. 1290; from Paris, France; Height: 12.6 inches; Musée du Louvre, Paris, France.

Elephant ivory mirror case, scene depicting the Triumph of the God of Love (in the center sitting on his throne). Traces of polychromy and gilding. There are four monsters (“droleries”) on the outside edge of the circle. 7.2 inches in diameter. Anonymous, Paris, France. Ca. 1310. Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Anonymous Carver; Chess Figure; 3.74 inches high, from a workshop in the Upper Rhine, Ivory; Thirteenth Century, Bode Museum, Berlin, Germany.

Plaque depicting the creation of the animals by God; 1084; Amalfi, Italy; 4 3/16 x 4 3/116 x 5/16 inches; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Book cover depicting the early life of Christ; Ninth Century, Spain; 5 5/16 x 3 5/8 x 3/16 inches; Walters Collection, Baltimore, MD

Casket with Romantic scenes; France; 1330-1350; 4 5/8 x 9 15/16 x 4 7/8 in.; Walters Collection, Baltimore, MD

Ivory and walnut Game Board, built on a wooden base; length: 11.3 inches; width: 9.2 inches; made in North-Eastern France, ca. 1400, Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan.

Seated Pope; ivory from Paris, France; ca. 1240; height: 6.45 inches; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K.

Enthroned Virgin and Child; Height: 4.64 inches; English influence; perhaps made in Northern Germany; ivory with traces of polychromy; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany.

Virgin and Child; from Paris, France; height: 20.5 inches; Musée National du Moyan age, Thermes de Cluny, Paris, France.

Virgin and Child; Height: 7.5 inches; from Paris, France; Ivory with polychromy and traces of gilding; Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD.

Diptych with the Last Judgment and coronation of the Virgin; ca. 1250; Paris, France; Height of each Panel: 5 inches; width of each panel: 2.5 inches; The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Diptych; part of the collection of ivories from the church of Saint-Jean-des-Vignes, Soisons; made in Paris or Northern France; ca. 1250-1270; Height: 13 inches; width: 5 inches; Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD.

Box of painted ivory; ca. 1100; oak core, ivory panels, bronze mountings; 6.6 x 9.4 x 7 inches; Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin

Enthroned Virgin and Child; ca. 1260-1280; polychromed and gilded ivory; 7 1/4 inches; The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Christ in ivory, portion of panel; ca. 900; Museo civico medievale; Bologna; Italy