Inv. 8562 (lost)
Two angels holding a dish with the head of saint John the Baptist.
Crosshatched background; columns.
Carved inscription '1502'. Unidentified coat of arms, possibly with a merchant's mark.
Koechlin 1924: France, early 16th century.
Dokumentation 2006: Northern France, 1502.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Curved.
Object Condition
Edges chipped. Central hole in the upper part of the piece.
An area above the coat of arms seems to have been scratched to erase a feature.
Provenance
Figdor collection, Vienna (by 1924); acquired by the Museum in 1935; undocumented after 7 April 1945.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 332, 335, 336; II, no. 945.
Dokumentation der Verluste. Skulpturensammlung, VII: Skulpturen, Möbel (Berlin, 2006), p. 66.
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