Gothic Ivories Project | Writing tablet, 1 register, 1 ogee arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 1 ogee arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 1 ogee arch across (plaquette) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Private collection, London (in 2010)

S/n

Ivory

Height: 88mm
Width: 63mm
Depth: 4mm

Entombment (anointing of Christ's body); Virgin.
Tracery; row of blind arches.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border. Crosshatching.

Object Condition
Hole in each corner of the panel.

Provenance
Private collection, Belgium; private collection, London: bought, A&E Foster, 10 June 2009.

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