Gothic Ivories Project | Panel (fragment of a casket, probably lid), 4 arches across (coffret; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Panel (fragment of a casket, probably lid), 4 arches across (coffret; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Panel (fragment of a casket, probably lid), 4 arches across (coffret; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. New Testament.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 95 mm
Width: 180 mm

Prodigal son chased away by the prostitutes when all his money is squandered. The prodigal son is given the job of minding a swineherd; tree; pigs. Unidentified scene; meal; table.
Incised trefoils.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Holes for missing fittings.

Provenance
Collection of Herrmann Sax, Vienna: Sax sale, Vienna, Miethke, 4 December 1893, lot 124.

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