Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.
Medallions enclosing quatrefoils in the spandrels.
Randall 1993: English (?), 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Reverse
Mounted on a velvet board. The back has a brocade fabric with a ring attached for hanging. Blue and white round label with ink inscription: 'Collection Emile Baboin 37'.
Object Condition
Missing: crucified Christ.
Two later drilled holes at top. Modern ivory repair to the lower border.
Comments
Randall (1993) suggests that the background may have been cut away at a later time, and that the panel was not originally openwork.
Provenance
Emile Baboin collection, Lyon (no. 37). John Davis Hatch, Jr., Lenox, Mass (bought from Raphael Stora, New York): gift of John Davis Hatch, Jr. in 1978.
Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 64.
J. Warren, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols (Oxford, 2014), Vol. 2: Sculptures in Stone, Clay, Ivory, Bone and Wood, in relation to no. 161.
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