Register 1: Flagellation; whips.
Register 2: Deposition with the Virgin holding Christ's hand; man with pincers removing the nail from Christ's feet.
Randall 1993: French (Paris), 1st quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Reverse
Flat. Inscribed with a note (see provenance).
Object Condition
Pierced by a hole in upper border, possibly not original.
Provenance
Was apparently in an Austrian collection in 1924: note at the back stating it was shown to a Prof. Hermann at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Anthony Geber collection, Washington (in 1993). On the art market in Paris in 1996.
Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 55.
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