Gothic Ivories Project | Openwork pendant (plaque ajourée) (Front)

Openwork pendant (plaque ajourée) (Front)

Openwork pendant (plaque ajourée) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Rock crystal;gold (frame);ivory;ivory

Height: 31 mm
Width: 22 mm

Coronation of the Virgin; angel crowning the Virgin; throne; blessing gesture.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Hidden by the frame.

Provenance
Blumka, New York, in 2012 (('Collecting Treasures of the Past VII', exhibition catalogue, Blumka Gallery, 26 January-10 February 2012, New York, no. 21).

Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 156.

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