Gothic Ivories Project | Panel (possibly writing tablet), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire?) (Front)

Panel (possibly writing tablet), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire?) (Front)

Panel (possibly writing tablet), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire?) (Front)

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Religious.

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Cremona, Museo Civico 'Ala Ponzone'

Inv. H 3

Ivory;wood (later frame)

Height: 80mm
Width: 50mm

Adoration of the Magi.
Pointed trefoils.

Museum's opinion 2013: France, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Not visible due to the 19th century wooden frame.

Object Condition
Two central holes in the upper part of the panel and two on either (?) side.
Worn.

Comments
The low relief seems to indicate that this panel could be a writing tablet. This panel has been mounted in the same frame as another panel (Inv. H 4).

Provenance
Bequest of marquess Giuseppe Sigismondo Ala Ponzone in 1842, and previously inventoried as 'Antico Inv. Ponzone XI.N, n. 91'.

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