Gothic Ivories Project | Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Back)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Back)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Back)

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Subject
Religious.

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Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts

70.456

Ivory

Height: 89mm
Width: 51mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.

Randall 1993: French, 3rd quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Worn.
Two holes drilled at the top and one at the bottom for attachment to other ivory leaves (plugged). Chipped along the left border.

Provenance
Given to the Institute by Robert H. Tannahill in 1970.

Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 138.

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