Side 1: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit; Virgin kneeling in prayer at a prie-Dieu.
Side 2: Adoration of the Magi with Joseph. Foliated decoration; flowers.
Molinier 1890: Northern Italy, 15th century.
Koechlin 1924: Northern Italy, late 15th century.
Williamson 2005: probably Southern Netherlandish, c. 1450.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding and polychromy.
Reverse
Carved on both sides.
Provenance
Spitzer collection: his sale, Paris, 17 April-16 June 1893, lot 150. Hermann Baer collection. Major Astor collection, at Hever Castle (Kent): his sale, Sotheby's, London, Hever Castle sale, 6 May 1983, lot 235. Private collection, London (bought from Sam Fogg, London, 12 July 2002).
Bibliography
La Collection Spitzer (Paris, 1890), I, no. 115 (E. Molinier).
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 429; II, no. 1157.
P. Williamson, Medieval and Later Treasures from a Private Collection, exhibition catalogue, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2005, no. 39.
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