Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks, standing on pedestals; angel crowning the Virgin; two angels holding navettes and swinging censers.
Bruges 2010: Paris or Rhineland (?), 1st half of the third quarter of the 14th century
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on either side (?).
Object Condition
Two holes on either side: may have later been fitted with a pair of closing shutters in a different material (Bruges 2010).
The upper part of the gable is made of a different piece of ivory and may be a later repair.
Bibliography
KIK/IRPA database: http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/wwwopac/en/object.html [accessed October 2009].
S. Vandenberghe, Ivory in Bruges: Treasures from museums, churches and monasteries, exhibition catalogue, Bruges, 2010, p. 16.
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