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Panels (fragments of a casket; back)(coffret) (Front)

Panels (fragments of a casket; back)(coffret) (Front)

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Washington, D.C., Smithsonian American Art Museum

1929.8.240.3

Ivory

Height: 34mm
Width: 65mm (together)

Fragment 1: Virgin wringing her hands.
Fragment 2: Crucifixion with saint John the Evangelist.

Randall 1993: French (Paris), 1360-1380.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Holes for lost fittings.
Upper edge trimmed.

Provenance
Gift of John Gellatly in 1929.

Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 100.

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