Gothic Ivories Project | Panel (reused as a pax), 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes; baiser de paix) (Front)

Panel (reused as a pax), 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes; baiser de paix) (Front)

Panel (reused as a pax), 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes; baiser de paix) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Life of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 110mm
Width: 78mm

Register 1: Adoration of the Magi. Presentation in the Temple with Joseph holding a candlestick and a basket of doves brought as offerings; Christ standing on the altar between the Virgin and Simeon.
Register 2: Nativity; hanging lamp; curtain. Annunciation to the Shepherds; musician shepherd holding a shawm.
Incised trefoils in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost.

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Comments
The chamfered slot at the back indicates this piece was reused as a pax.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 10 May 1983. Sotheby's, London, 7 July 1988, lot 5. Heilbronner collection, Zürich. Kunstzalen A. Vecht (dealer), Amsterdam (in January 2011).

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