Gothic Ivories Project | Casket, arches, rosettes (coffret; décor de roses; frise d'arcatures) (Body, back)

Casket, arches, rosettes (coffret; décor de roses; frise d'arcatures) (Body, back)

Casket, arches, rosettes (coffret; décor de roses; frise d'arcatures) (Body, back)

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Subject
Religious. Passion. Life of the Virgin.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;silver (fittings with fleur-de-lis)

Height: 70mm
Width: 159mm
Depth: 83mm

Lid
Register 1: Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin.
Register 2: Coronation of the Virgin; standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks combined with Adoration of the Magi; attendants with horses.
Body, frontCoronation of the Virgin. Nativity.
End, rightChrist displaying his wounds; Crucifixion.
Body, backAnnunciation (angel to the far left and Virgin to the far right); standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; Coronation of the Virgin.
Rest of the piece not seen.

Koechlin Number: 0272bis

Koechlin 1924: France, mid 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on all sides.

Provenance
Drey collection, Paris (in 1914). Sotheby's, London, 20 April 1972. Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1976, lot 17.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 159; II, no. 272bis.

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