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Panel (possibly a writing tablet), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Panel (possibly a writing tablet), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Saints.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 85 mm

Saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel and martyr's palm; standing Virgin and Child; Christ holding a fruit; saint Agnes with book and martyr's palm.
Incised trefoils in the spandrels.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Inscription: 'no. 2101' in white and three labels with inscriptions: 'n.184', '464 p' and '1.0' (?).

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

Provenance
Collection of Nicolas Landau and Jacqueline Goldman; Sotheby's, Paris, 8 April 2013, lot 99.


Image

© Courtesy of Sotheby’s.

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