Flagellation; whips.
Crosshatched background.
Koechlin 1924: France, late 15th or early 16th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: green, gold.
Reverse
Smooth and curved. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost.
Provenance
Collection of Albert Humbert, Dijon architect: his bequest in 1892.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 333; II, no. 915.
Palissy database: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/dapapal_fr [accessed September 2009].
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 139.
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