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

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

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

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 98 mm
Width: 65 mm

Adoration of the Magi.
Pointed trefoils; incised trefoils.

Attribution
Unknown

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

Object Condition
Vertical crack.

Provenance
Giuseppe Solmi, book dealer, Ozzano Emilia, before 2014 (bought on the Belgian art market); private collection, Italy.

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