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

Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; tablette à écrire; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; tablette à écrire; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 100 mm
Width: 65 mm

Saint John the Evangelist holding a book and a martyr's palm; Coronation of the Virgin; two angels crowning the Virgin; musician angel playing a string instrument; saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); camel hide.
Pointed trefoils. Base of the throne decorated with a diapered pattern.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Two holes, in the centre gable and lower, have caused the panel to break in two pieces which have been put back together.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 21 April 1988, lot 15.

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