Coronation of the Virgin; Christ crowning the Virgin; two angels holding navettes and swinging censers; dragon under the Virgin's feet; lion under Christ's feet; angel holding the sun and the moon; cloud; female veiled figure kneeling in donor position; dragons decorating the arch; arch resting on capitals in the shape of a crouching woman and a crouching man.
Medallions containing quatrefoils in the spandrels with unidentified coats of arms (semis of fleur-de-lys; lion rampant). Pointed trefoil in the gable.
Museum's opinion 2011: Paris, around 1300.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Longer edges slightly chamfered.
Object Condition
Vertical hairline cracks. Broken around the hinges (repaired with ivory inserts). Repairs to the basis of the gable on either side.
Comments
This piece was originally paired with SK-0254-2 also in the Stadtmuseum Münster.
Set within a modern black moulded wood-frame (not photographed). The frame dates from c. 1700, with the old inventory number on the back, 'Slg.-NR.427'.
Provenance
Part of the Plettenberg Collection; purchased by Stadtmuseum Münster with funds from the Stadt Münster, the Kulturstiftung der Länder, the Stifung Kunst und Kultur des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, the Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Angelegenheiten der Kultur und der Medien, and the Siemens Kunststiftung.
Bibliography
H. Krohm, 'Die mittelalterliche Elfenbeine' in KulturStiftung der Länder, Patrimonia, 193 (2001), pp. 6-35, figs. 1, 3, 4.
C. T. Little , ‘The Art of Gothic Ivories: Studies at the Crossroads,’ in The Sculpture Journal 23.1 (2014), pp. 13-29, fig. 7.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), p. 234, in relation to no. 73.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 121.
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