Side 1: Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); Virgin trampling a winged dragon (basilisk); two angels holding candlesticks; Christ seated on left arm; Christ holding a fruit or orb in his left hand; blessing gesture.
Side 2: Crucifixion; Virgin and Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.
Angel supporting the volute. Foliated decoration: vine leaves or bryony leaves.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: part of Christ's right arm and part of the cross in the Crucifixion scene; arms and body of the angel supporting the volute; candlesticks held by the angels in the Virgin and Child side; part of the angel's right wing.
Foliated corner terminals chipped. The volute broke in two parts along a vertical axis and has been repaired.
Provenance
Collection of J. B. Marshall: sale, Christie's, London, 4 April 1935, lot 5. Collection of François Baverey, Lyon. Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris (in 2012)(M.-A. Carlier, Art du Moyen Age XIe-XIVe siècle, Paris, Galerie Brimo de Laroussilhe, 12 September-31 October 2012, no. 28).
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