God forbidding Adam and Eve to eat the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge; expulsion from Paradise.
Foliated decoration: border of palmettes.
Koechlin 1924: France, late 13th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003: late 13th century (?).
Attribution
Unknown
Comments
This panel is part of the same ensemble as a panel now in the Louvre (OA 2754).
Provenance
Collection of Charles Gillot, Paris (at least 1900-1924). Christie's, Paris, 4-5 March 2008, lot 189.
Bibliography
Exposition Universelle de 1900, Catalogue illustré Officiel de l'Exposition Rétrospective de l'Art Français (Paris, 1900), no. 79.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 64; II, no. 26 (2); III, pl. XII.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), p. 327, fig. 118a (in relation to no. 118).
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