Crucifixion; Virgin and saint John the Evangelist kneeling; rugged cross; titulus.
Crosshatched background.
Dalton 1909: Flanders, late 15th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, end of 15th century.
Egbert 1929: North Italy, end of 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: Flanders, late 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Dark brown staining in background.
Reverse
Channel for handle. Concave. Modern paper label attached, 'AF (A. Nesbitt £ii'.
Object Condition
Damaged corners; missing handle.Hole in the gable.
Comments
Koechlin (1924) notes that this piece is similar to a pax in the Cluny, Paris (Cl. 13950).
Provenance
Collection of Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks (b. 1826, d. 1897); British Museum, 1894, by donation.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 324, Pl. LXXIII.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 333; II, no. 899.
D. D. Egbert, 'North Italian Gothic Ivories in the Museo Cristiano of the Vatican Library', in Art Studies 7 (1929), pp. 168-207 [p. 197, fig. 52].
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