Gothic Ivories Project | Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

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Cologne, Museum Schnütgen

Inv. B 21

Ivory

Height: 90mm
Width: 60mm
Depth: 5mm

Harrowing of Hell with Adam and Eve coming out of the Mouth of Hell; demons.

Museum's opinion 2013: Spain or Italy, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of polychromy and gilding: gold, green, red.

Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border.

Provenance
Unknown provenance.

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