Virgin and Child Ivory Panel

Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1978.332. c.1000-1050. Walrus ivory. H. 8.3, W. 5.8. Originally rectangular panel, now damaged. The enthroned Virgin sits with the Christ-child on her lap, who is blessing with one hand and holding a book with the other. The mother and child were originally surrounded by four angels; only the lower pair remain intact. The sitting figures are framed by drapery, and a serpent crawls beneath. The panel may have been attached to a book cover.