Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: painted trefoils in the spandrels and architectural details, lining of garments.

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: piece in the scene depicting the adoring Magi. Deep cracks.
Some repairs along the edges. Losses on the cover.
Holes for missing fittings.

Provenance
Said to have been made for the Sainte-Chapelle, Paris (Westwood 1876). Collection of Lord Clifford, London, from 1862. Collection of Alexander Petrovich Basilewski (b. 1829, d. 1899), Paris, from c. 1865; acquired by the Museum in 1885.

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A. Darcel, 'Le Musée rétrospectif', in Gazette des Beaux-Arts (1865), II, p. 297.
Exposition de 1865 au Palais de l'industrie, Union centrale des beaux-arts appliqués à l'industrie (Paris, 1866), no. 325.
Exposition universelle, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1867, no. 1847.
A. Darcel, A. P. Basilewski, Collection Basilewski. Catalogue raisonné (Paris, 1874), no. 92.
J. O. Westwood, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), p. 409.
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