Seated Virgin and Child; Christ seated on the Virgin's left knee; Christ in long robe; Christ holding a bird; bench.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Schnitzler, Volbach, Bloch 1964: France, mid 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: right hand of the Virgin.
Hole in the chest, possibly where a brooch once was.
Provenance
Collection of Jacques Stein, Paris (in 1924). Sale, Paris, 20 June 1961, lot 19. Collection of Ernst and Martha Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne (by 1964).
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 244; II, no. 690; III, pl. CXI.
H. Schnitzler, F. Volbach, P. Bloch, Skulpturen, Elfenbein, Perlmutter, Stein, Holz Europäisches Mittelalter, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, 2 vols (Lucerne, 1964), no. S.43, p. 18.
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