Kneeling male figure in long robe; cushion; coat of arms of the Dauphin of France (dolphins and fleur-de-lys); background with fleur-de-lys pattern.
Foliated decoration in the spandrels.
Koechlin 1924: 19th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: France, 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of missing hinges on the right side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth, with some scoring. Ink inscription: 'No.'
Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel. Dent in the base of the column on the left.
Two sets of two small holes in the right edge, probably for hinges.
Scoring along the edges and traces of glue.
Comments
Groove along the right edge at the top and bottom.
Provenance
From the Abbey of Rheinau (Canton of Zürich); endowment to the Antiquarische Gesellschaft, Zürich; transferred to the Swiss National Museum in 1891.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 340, n. 1.
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