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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Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire

12269

Ivory

Height: 89mm
Width: 50mm
Depth: 8mm

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; angel holding the sun and moon; chalice collecting Christ's blood at the foot of the cross.
Pointed trefoils. Beaded border.

Museum's opinion 2011: French (Ile-de-France), last quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border. Modern label with Inscription '6'.

Provenance
Bequest of Alice Baird, Geneva, 1926 (via Mr Baird and Mrs van Muyden-Baird, her heirs).

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