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Materials:

ivory and tortoiseshell

Size Notes:

each

Description:

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Markings:

the relief of Christ inscribed 'SIMON PETRE, DILIGIS ME PASCE OVES MAES; the relief of King Charles Felix inscribed 'CAROLUS FELIX REX SARDINIAE' and 'DIU SOSPES VIVAT FELICITER REGNET'; with inscriptions to the reverse of each

Exhibited:

The Royal University of Turin, Turin, 1820 (relief of Christ the Redeemer and Pope Pius VII)

Literature:

Notizia delle opere di pittura e di scultura eposte nel palazzo della Regia Università , Turin, 1820, p. 68, no. 89 (relief of Christ the Redeemer and Pope Pius VII). A. Baudi di Vesme, Schede Vesme. L'arte in Piemonte dal XVI al XVIII secolo , 1963-1982, vol. III (1968), p. 1023 (relief of Christ the Redeemer and Pope Pius VII). V. Sgarbi, ‘Tanadei, microintagli come temple greci', Corriere della Sera , 22 November 2013, p. 30