Trinity; God the Father holding Christ on the cross; Gnadenstuhl (Throne of Mercy).
Tracery.
Koechlin 1924: English (?), 2nd half of the 15th century.
Carbon test (March 2009): 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Flat with some scoring.
Object Condition
Scoring along the edges.
Missing: part of the tracery on the back of the throne.
Provenance
Collection of Charles Piet-Lataudrie (d. 1909). Drouot, Paris, 25 April 1994, lot 115. Drouot, Paris, 17 December 2008, lot 150. Private collection, London: bought from A&E Foster, 22 January 2009.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 324, 326; II, no. 872 (mistakenly said to be in the Niort Museum).
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