Gothic Ivories Project | Double-sided panel (fragment of a polyptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Side 1)

Side 1:
Presentation in the Temple; hanging lamp; smaid holding a candlestick and a basket of doves brought as offerings.
Side 2:
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks; angel crowning the Virgin.

Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd third of the 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: Paris, 2nd quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two hinges on either side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy (modern).

Reverse
Carved on both sides.

Object Condition
Wrenching around the hinges, on both sides. Hole in the upper part.

Comments
This panel was possibly part of the same polyptych as a double-sided panel sold in Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 8-10 December 1902, lot 62 (no ill.).

Provenance
Collection of Baron Jean-Charles Davillier, Paris (no. 49); bequest of J.-C. Davillier to the Museum in 1883.

Bibliography
L. Courajod and E. Molinier, Donation du baron Charles Davillier. Catalogue des objets exposés au musée du Louvre (Paris, 1885), no. 49.
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 86.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 195, 209; II, no. 496.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 155.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), p. 351, in relation to no. 120.

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