Crucifixion; Virgin supported by Holy Women; sword piercing the Virgin's chest; saint John the Evangelist and onlooker; soldier.
Incised trefoils.
Randall 1993: Danish or North German, 3rd quarter of the 14th century.
Warren 2014: probably German, late 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border, except on the right side. Two graffiti scratches: one undecipherable, another in the shape of the letter 'z'. Both shapes have a scratched 'x' on them.
Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel, possibly to attach other ivory leaves of the writing tablets set.
Provenance
Gift of J. W. Alsdorf in 1972.
Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 135.
J. Warren, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols (Oxford, 2014), Vol. 2: Sculptures in Stone, Clay, Ivory, Bone and Wood, pp. 592-3, fig. 222, in relation to no. 178.
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