Gothic Ivories Project | Writing tablet, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 101 mm
Width: 58 mm

Adoration of the Magi; clouds.
Row of blind arches in the spandrels; pointed trefoil in the gable; border of dentils.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Remains of painted design on the reverse:
Four Symbols of the Evangelists: angel of saint Matthew, eagle of saint John the Evangelist; ox of saint Luke and lion of saint Mark.

Reverse
Reverse divided into 5 compartments.
Remains of painted design:
four Symbols of the Evangelists: angel of saint Matthew, eagle of saint John the Evangelist; ox of saint Luke and lion of saint Mark.

Provenance
Drouot, Paris, 27-28 May 1982, lot 353.

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