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Whalebone panel showing the Ascension
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A whalebone panel showing the Ascension. 12th century AD.The figure of Christ is shown rising into the sky with a dove on the right-hand side. Two angels are shown directly underneath Christ. On the bottom of the panel a group of disciples are shown with all of them looking upwards. One figure is standing pointing towards the figure of Christ. A hole is punched through each corner of the panel indicating that it was once attached to something else.
Culture: Medieval. Material: Whalebone. Accession no: CG 006.
Current location: The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland.
Title: Whalebone panel showing the Ascension
Description:
A whalebone panel showing the Ascension.
12th century AD.
The figure of Christ is shown rising into the sky with a dove on the right-hand side.
Two angels are shown directly underneath Christ.
On the bottom of the panel a group of disciples are shown with all of them looking upwards.
One figure is standing pointing towards the figure of Christ.
A hole is punched through each corner of the panel indicating that it was once attached to something else.
Culture: Medieval.
Material: Whalebone.
Accession no: CG 006.
Current location: The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland.
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