Gothic Ivories Project | Panel (fragment of a casket or box?), 1 register, 1 ogee arch across (plaquette; coffret) (Front)

Panel (fragment of a casket or box?), 1 register, 1 ogee arch across (plaquette; coffret) (Front)

Panel (fragment of a casket or box?), 1 register, 1 ogee arch across (plaquette; coffret) (Front)

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Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire

12274

Ivory

Height: 80mm
Width: 61mm
Depth: 2mm

Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit.
Crosshatched background. Pinnacles. Brickwork or tiled roof.

Piano 2007: c. 1470-1500.
Museum's opinion 2011: French (Ile-de-France), last quarter of the 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Comments
This panel probably came from the same object as 12272, also in the Geneva Musée d'art et d'histoire collection.

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

Bibliography
N. Piano, 'La Collection d'ivoires médiévaux du musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève', in Genava LV (2007), pp. 127-157 (p. 150, no. 5).

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