Inv. 952.52.1
Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; apostles.
Pointed trefoils in the gables and spandrels.
Randall 1993: German, 1360-1380.
Museum's opinion 2012: Probably German, 2nd third of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border. Some scratches. White round label with the printed inscription 'Collection Émile Baboin' and the ink inscription '4'.
Object Condition
The raised borders on the reverse seem to have been intentionally levelled (?).
Comments
This panel and Inv. 952.52.2, also in the Royal Ontario Museum, formed the covers of a set of writing tablets (see low relief and reverse originally recessed for wax).
Provenance
Emile Baboin collection, Lyon (at least until 1912). Bought from Raphael Stora, New York, in 1952.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Ivoires gothiques: Collection Emile Baboin (Lyon, 1912), no. 8, pl. VI.
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 101.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 129.
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