Coronation of the Virgin; angel crowning the Virgin; orb; two angels swinging censers, standing on the sides of the bench. Tracery; blind arches; beaded border.
Randall 1993: Lower Rhenish or Mosan, last quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border.
Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.
Comments
This writing tablet belongs to the same set as another one with the same provenance, featuring the Crucifixion (see related objects link).
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1973, lot 5. Sotheby's, London, 8 December 1988, lot 26. Max Falke collection, New York (in 1993). Sotheby's, New York, 17 October 2000, lot 57. Bernard Descheemaeker, Antwerp, January 2001.
Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 151.
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