Gothic Ivories Project | Panel (possibly a writing tablet), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Panel (possibly a writing tablet), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Panel (possibly a writing tablet), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 98mm
Width: 60mm

Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; apostles; clouds.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel (modern, for hanging).

Provenance
Fountaine collection. Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1932, lot 55.

Image

Conway Library © Courtauld Institute of Art.

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