Gothic Ivories Project | Relief (appliqué) (Front)

Seated Virgin and Child; Christ sitting on the Virgin's left arm; Christ in long robe; Christ making a blessing gesture; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand.

Koechlin 1924: France, early 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: France (Lorraine?), 1st third of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Smooth and convex.

Object Condition
Missing: right hand of the Virgin broken (with a tenon for restoration).
Chips and pieces missing on the sides of the throne, at the top and in the lower part, at the base.
Scratches for glue under the base.

Provenance
Collection of E. Aynard: sold, Georges Petit gallery, Paris, 2 December 1913, lot 175. Collection of Raymond Koechlin, Paris; gift of R. Koechlin, 1920.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 99, 103, 114; II, no. 92, III, pl. XXIX.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 182.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 9.

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