Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy (blue) and gilding.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Repairs around the hinges.

Comments
Incised inscription on the scroll in the Crucifixion scene: 'PF' (probably added later).

Provenance
In the collection of Lorenzo de‘ Medici (b. 1449, d. 1492) in Florence in the 15th century (entry in the 1492 inventory of the Medici Palace corresponds to this piece; see Schmidt 2008). Collection of Alexander Petrovich Basilewski in Paris (b. 1829, d. 1899)(not catalogued by Darcel), on deposit from 1860 to 1870 at the musée Saint-Jean, Angers; acquired by the Museum in 1885.

Bibliography
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J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), p. 407.
Exposition universelle de 1878 à Paris: les Beaux-Arts et les arts décoratifs, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1878.
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