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Date
c. 1425 - c. 1450
Medium
pipe clay
Culture
Utrecht
Institution
Rijksmuseum

Religious statuettes were produced on a large scale in the Netherlands using pipe clay (white-fired clay). The sculptors formed the statues using moulds such as these and then fired them. This two-piece mould was used for a statuette of the Virgin and Child of the type shown alongside.

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Creator

anonymous

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